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Haithcox,  Henry  C. 

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BOSTON 

RICHARD  G.  BADGER 

THE  GORHAM  PRESS 


UL  15  1919 


■06ICAL 


Copyright,  1919,  by  Henry  C.  Haithcox 


All  Rights  Reserved 


Made  in  the  United  States  of  America 


The  Gorham  Press,  Boston,  U.  S.  A. 


FOREWORD 


THE  writings  on  the  following  pages  are  medi¬ 
tations  rather  than  dissertations  or  essays. 
They  are  visional  rather  than  discursive  arguments. 
They  are  tellings  rather  than  persuasive  entreaties. 
They  are  glimmerings  and  foregleams  rather  than 
historical  notations.  They  are  revealments  of  faith 
working  by  love  rather  than  affirmations,  though  to 
the  writer  faith  and  science  interblend  and  color 
things  seen.  If  the  reader  be  helped  to  see  Him 
who  is  the  light  and  love  and  life  of  the  world 
and  he  be  moved  to  tell  others  about  Him,  the 
mission  of  the  author  will  be  well  served.  To 
awaken  thought,  to  point  toward  the  source  of  light, 
to  enkindle  love  for  the  supernatural  in  the  natural 
and  help  to  adjustments  to  the  Eternal  in  words 
and  works,  is  the  supreme  purpose  of  the  author. 


CONTENTS 


Chapter  Page 

I.  The  First  School .  9 

II.  The  First  School  Government .  13 

III.  The  Means  of  Government .  15 

IV.  The  First  School — Another  Pupil?.  18 

V.  The  First  School — Effects .  21 

VI.  The  Shadow  Christ .  24 

VII.  The  School  of  Faith .  27 

VIII.  The  School  of  Morality .  30 

IX.  The  School  and  Religion .  35 

X.  The  Parochial  School .  43 

XI.  The  School  and  Common  Sense.  ...  46 

XII.  The  Normal  Schools .  5° 

XIII.  The  Christian  School .  53 

XIV.  Christian  Teaching .  59 

XV.  Creative  Power  Localized .  63 

XVI.  Causes  and  Consequences .  68 

XVII.  Adjustment .  72 

XVIII.  Where  the  Supreme  Word  of  God  Is  76 

XIX.  How  and  Why  the  Word  of  God  is 

There  .  80 

XX.  The  Christian  School’s  Supreme 

Work  .  83 

XXI.  The  Schools  and  the  Word  of  Man.  87 

XXII.  The  School  and  the  Word  of  God.  .  91 

XXIII.  Two  Visions — The  Somatic  and  the 

Psychic  .  96 

XXIV.  The  Pneumatic  Vision .  101 

XXV.  Restitutional  Education .  106 

An  After  Word .  112 

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SCHOOL 


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CHAPTER  I 

THE  FIRST  SCHOOL 

WHENCE  comes  the  school?  What  is  the 
idea  of  a  school?  Does  number  enter  into 
it  ?  What  has  thought  to  do  with  it  ?  Is  the  school 
a  thought  generator?  Is  it  a  thought  leader?  A 
thought  imparter?  an  action  director?  a  company 
of  moving  thinkers  with  a  leader?  What  is  a 
school  ?  Whence  is  a  school  ? 

The  word  (school)  is  hard  to  find  in  the  litera¬ 
ture  on  the  mineral  kingdom.  Dust  does  not  move 
in  schools.  Rocks  do  not  form  and  rest  in  schools. 
Waters  do  not  flow  in  schools.  Clouds  do  not  form 
in  schools.  Stars  do  not  shine  and  move  in  schools. 
But  all  these  are  used  by  schools.  Thoughts  are 
given  to  them  and  enkindled  by  them.  The  litera¬ 
ture  on  the  mineral  kingdom  is  extensive.  The 
elements  and  forces  of  this  kingdom  are  rich  foods 
for  thought,  but  none  of  them,  nor  all  of  them  are 
a  school.  Dead  things  do  not  form  schools.  The 
kingdom  of  the  dead  has  no  school  in  all  its  realm. 

Whence  is  the  school?  The  earth  was  without 
form  and  void.  No  school  there.  Darkness  was 
upon  the  face  of  the  deep.  No  light  flashed  there. 

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But  the  Spirit  of  God  moved  upon  the  face  of  the 
waters  and  light  soon  flashed.  God  spake,  and  light 
appeared.  God  spake  again  and  life  appeared.  Six 
times  God  spake  and  six  times  light  and  life  ap¬ 
peared.  But  where  is  the  school?  Whence  come 
the  clouds?  Where  did  first  move  the  Spirit  of 
God?  There  first  appears  the  school.  According 
to  the  articulated  and  lettered  word  of  man,  the 
school  appears  first  in  the  waters.  The  living  crea¬ 
tures  of  the  waters  move  in  schools.  The  school 
is  a  thing  of  life.  There  the  living  creature  moves 
in  companies,  in  droves,  in  herds,  in  flocks,  in  multi¬ 
tudes,  and  in  hosts.  A  school  is  more  than  one. 

Whence  comes  even  that  idea  of  a  school?  Not 
from  the  fish.  Not  from  the  ant.  Go  to  the  ant, 
thou  sluggard,  consider  her  ways  and  be  wise.  Who 
said  that?  Not  the  beast.  Not  the  bird.  Not  the 
serpent  which  so  oft  deceives  man.  It  was  man , 
the  Thinker,  who  so  spake,  and  who  spelled  out 
the  word,  school,  and  applied  it  to  the  living  crea¬ 
tures  of  the  water,  and  the  company  of  human 
beings,  for  teaching  and  learning — for  thought 
awakening  and  thought  multiplying,  and  thought 
exploiting  in  the  earth  and  in  the  starry  heavens. 
Man,  man,  man,  is  the  thinker,  talker,  namer  of 
the  school.  He  was  first  to  catalogue  the  elements 
of  earth  and  to  name  the  moving  creatures  and  the 


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stars.  And  Jehovah  brought  them  unto  Adam  to 
see  what  he  would  call  them.  And  whatsoever 
Adam  called  every  living  creature,  that  was  the 
name  thereof.  Man  is  the  naming  teacher — the 
school  teacher?  He  is  the  teller.  Where  is  the 
school  ? 

Where  was  the  first  school?  In  Eden.  At  first 
there  was  only  one  pupil.  Then  there  were  two. 
And  then  three  ?  Who  was  the  teacher  ?  He 
who  spake  and  it  was  done,  who  commanded  and 
it  stood  fast.  By  the  Word  of  the  Lord  were 
the  heavens  made  and  all  the  host  of  them  by  the 
breath  of  His  mouth.  He  breathed  into  man  the 
breath  of  lives,  and  man  became  a  living  soul. 
Jehovah  God  was  the  first  teacher  of  man,  the  first 
school  organizer.  It  was  a  co-educational  school. 
One  man  and  one  woman  were  the  pupils.  The 
place  was  not  a  cave,  not  a  porch,  earth  was  fruit¬ 
ful  where  flowers  bloomed,  where  fruits  matured, 
where  birds  sang,  and  where  God  and  man  loved 
and  smiled  and  had  glad  fellowship — there  began 
the  school.  It  is  the  prophecy  and  a  promise  of 
what  the  Christian  School  will  do  for  man.  This 
beginning  is  typical  of  the  ending.  Here  is  the 
Alpha.  Some  time,  the  fulness  of  time,  yea,  the  con¬ 
summation  of  all  things,  where  time  blossoms  into 
eternity,  the  Omega  of  this  first  school  will  appear, 


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and  the  First  and  the  Last  will  be  one  in  thought, 
in  love,  in  purpose,  in  learning,  and  in  glory  and 
honor. 


CHAPTER  II 


THE  FIRST  SCHOOL  GOVERNMENT 


1 .  By  what  laws  governed  ? 

2.  What  were  the  results? 

EVERYTHING  is  governed  by  law.  The  fine 
dust  of  the  balance  settles  by  law.  The  great 
rock  is  formed  by  law.  The  water  flows  by  law. 
The  wind  blows  by  law.  The  sun  and  moon  and 
stars  shine  by  law.  The  heart  beats  by  law.  Law 
governs  thought ,  feeling,  and  will.  The  manifesta¬ 
tion  of  the  spirit  of  man  is  under  law.  The  Spirit 
of  God  moves  and  guides  through  law.  The  Son 
of  God  was  born  of  woman  and  made  under  the 
law.  The  Law  of  Jehovah  is  perfect.  The  School 
of  Jehovah  is  governed  by  law.  What  law? 

i.  The  law  of  faith.  Man  is  a  believer.  He  be¬ 
lieves  in  himself,  in  the  world  in  which  he  lives, 
and  in  God  the  adequate  cause  of  the  heavens  and 
the  earth.  He  recognizes  law,  the  law  of  cause  and 
effect,  and  acts  accordingly.  When  he  obeys  law 
he  feels  safe.  When  he  disobeys  he  fears.  In  the 
first  school  the  law  of  faith  prevailed  for  a  time. 
The  pupils  were  at  peace  with  their  teacher,  Je¬ 
hovah,  Lord,  Master.  And  the  Teacher  said,  Very 
good. 


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2.  Then  there  was  the  law  of  love.  The  Teacher 
loved  his  pupils  and  all  his  appointments  for  them. 
The  pupils  loved  their  Teacher  and  their  fellow¬ 
ship  was  delightful.  Love  was  in  the  breathing 
air,  smiled  in  the  blooming  flowers,  sang  among 
the  leaves  and  birds,  and  talked  softly  in  the  voice 
of  the  Teacher.  Love  pervaded  all  and  reigned  over 
all. 

3.  There  was  also  the  law  of  works.  Faith 
worked  by  love.  Obedience  was  sweet,  cheerful, 
joyous.  Heaven  smiled  and  earth  was  glad. 
Teacher  and  pupils  were  of  one  accord.  His  com¬ 
mands  were  those  of  wisdom  speaking  in  love.  Their 
obedience  was  that  of  love  moving  in  wisdom. 
Commandment  and  obedience  were  of  the  spon¬ 
taneity  of  light  and  love.  God  is  love.  His  law 
is  the  law  of  love.  Anchored  by  faith  obeying  in 
love,  the  pupils  were  blissfully  happy.  Every  word 
of  God  was  pure.  Every  act  of  pupil  was  glad¬ 
some.  Environment  was  inspiring  and  comforting. 
The  spirit  of  the  school  was  cooperative,  reciprocal, 
and  most  edifying.  The  morning  stars  sang  to¬ 
gether.  Heavens  benedictions  echoed  everywhere. 


CHAPTER  III 


THE  MEANS  OF  GOVERNMENT 


1.  What  is  language? 

2.  What  is  word  language? 

3.  What  is  the  use  of  language? 

FAITH,  love,  works,  these  three.  All  are  neces¬ 
sary  and  abiding  in  the  Christian  School. 
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They  were  in  the  first  school.  Faith  worked  by 
love.  Faith  works  by  love  yet.  What  is  the  means 
in  which  faith  is  marked?  and  love  is  guided,  and 
works  are  commanded  ?  It  is  language. 

What  kind  of  language?  Sign  language?  Yes, 
and  more  than  sign  language.  Thus  men  have 
shown  their  faith  and  love  and  works.  The  sign, 
the  symbol,  has  its  place  yet  in  man’s  education. 
It  may  have  been  used  in  the  first  school.  The 
Teacher  did  not  need  it,  but  the  pupils  did.  In 
the  first  school  the  Teacher  created  and  formed  the 
organs  of  speech,  and  gave  power  to  express  thought 
by  language.  He  needed  not  the  sign,  nor  its  voic¬ 
ing,  but  the  pupils  needed  both.  Love  moved  the 
Teacher  to  supply  this  need.  To  supply  need  is  the 
function  of  true  love.  Therefore  sign  language  and 
power  to  interpret  it.  Therefore  articulate  lan- 

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guage  and  power  to  voice  it.  Therefore  word  lan¬ 
guage  and  power  to  articulate  and  spell  out  by  let¬ 
ters  the  thought.  This  word  language  became  the 
abiding  means  of  fellowship  between  Teacher  and 
pupils,  between  man  and  man,  between  man  and 
God.  By  the  word,  faith  and  love  and  works  are 
united.  Faith  comes  by  the  word.  Love  is  made 
sure  by  the  word.  Works  are  directed  by  the  word. 
The  word  is  the  rule  of  faith  and  of  love  and  of 
life.  So  it  was  in  the  first  school. 

Why  is  the  word  so  important?  Because  it  ex¬ 
presses  thought,  love,  and  the  life  purpose.  It  does 
more.  The  works  of  God  in  the  material  kingdoms 
do  this.  The  rocks,  the  rose,  the  bird,  express  the 
thought  and  love  and  purpose  of  God.  But  the 
word  does  more.  It  is  the  articulate  expression  of 
thought  and  love  and  purpose.  It  is  yet  more  than 
this.  It  is  the  lettered  expression  of  thought  and 
love  and  purpose.  Thus  the  word  becomes  litera¬ 
ture.  And  as  human  thought  and  love  and  life 
purpose  are  in  the  word,  literature  is  human  life 
in  letters.  As  the  word  language  is  the  means  of 
showing  forth  human  life  in  letters,  literature  is 
such  revealment  of  human  life.  And  the  first 
Teacher,  in  order  to  show  His  thought  and  love 
and  purpose  to  His  pupils,  put  them  into  man’s 
word  spoken  by  man’s  organs  of  speech  and  recorded 


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in  letters  formed  by  man’s  hand.  Thus  the  Jehovah 
Teacher  kept  in  fellowship  with  His  pupils.  Thus 
His  pupils  could  know  His  loving  purpose  and  do 
H  is  will.  The  word  became  the  abiding  and  sure 
means  of  teaching  and  of  learning,  of  true  faith, 
of  pure  love,  and  the  guide  of  right  living.  The 
word  expressing  the  thought  and  love  and  will  of 
God,  is  the  divine  life  in  letters.  Such  a  word  is 
a  sure  guide  for  the  human  teacher  and  pupil.  Such 
word  is  spirit  and  life,  the  presence  and  reign  of 
God  in  literature.  And  such  was  the  mission  of 
the  word  in  the  first  school.  Man  can  see  him¬ 
self  in  a  drop  of  water.  He  can  see  himself  in  a 
word,  and  he  may  see  God  in  both,  if  he  has  the 
eye  to  see. 


CHAPTER  IV 


THE  FIRST  SCHOOL - ANOTHER  PUPIL? 

i.  What  and  who  made  trouble  in  the  first 
school ? 

IN  the  first  school  the  teacher  was  creative.  He 
knew  all  things.  He  organized  well.  He  taught 
wisely.  He  governed  for  character  forming.  The 
pupils  were  docile.  All  were  harmonious.  It  was 
a  divine  idea  materialized.  It  was  paradise. 

But  another  appeared.  A  strange  discontent  dis¬ 
turbed  the  peaceful  calm.  A  questioning  voice  was 
heard.  It  seemed  to  be  the  voice  of  a  siren,  but  it 
awakened  doubt.  Curiosity  with  Desire  crossed 
the  border  line.  Appetite  moved  the  will.  The 
carnal  mind  asserted  itself.  The  natural  mind  be¬ 
came  aspiring,  ambitious.  The  things  of  the  Spirit 
of  God  faded  out  of  the  minds  of  the  pupils.  The 
words  of  the  Teacher  became  hazy  and  were  mis¬ 
quoted  and  misinterpreted.  Their  faith  was  weak¬ 
ened.  Their  love  was  perverted.  Their  choice 
was  erratic.  Fear  took  hold  of  them.  The  presence 
of  the  third  pupil,  at  first  pleasing  and  promising, 
became  foreboding.  Learning  became  more  difficult, 
truth  and  error  harder  to  discern  clearly.  Some- 

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thing  deceptive  crept  over  the  life.  The  approach 
of  the  Teacher  caused  a  tormenting  fear.  Paradise 
became  foggy.  Clouds  hid  the  sky  away.  Dark¬ 
ness  crept  over  all.  The  voice,  once  so  true  and 
loving,  seemed  more  like  muttering  thunders  calling 
for  judgment.  The  pupils  fear  and  seek  hiding 
from  the  presence  they  once  loved.  Why  this 
change  in  them  and  about  them? 

This  is  the  reason  why:  The  third  pupil  had  in¬ 
sinuated  himself  into  the  place  of  teacher.  He  had 
beguiled  the  pupils.  He  had  cunningly  put  his 
thought  into  their  minds.  He  had  wooed  their 
love.  He  had  captured  their  wills.  He  had  led 
them  from  faith  in  their  creative  teacher  unto  faith 
in  him,  a  creature  assuming  the  role  of  a  true 
friend.  He  had  succeeded  in  getting  his  word  into 
their  hearts,  and  the  words  of  their  creative  teacher 
faded  away.  In  time  of  temptation  its  growth 
withered  away.  The  thorns  sprang  up  with  it  and 
choked  it.  The  paradise,  the  school  beautiful  and 
fruitful,  became  paradeath,  the  school  of  deception 
and  fear.  The  deceiver  became  popular.  Cunning 
and  guile  were  at  a  premium.  Sense  ruled  soul. 
Appetite  dominated  reason.  Natural  mind  clouded 
spiritual  vision.  The  pupils  stumbled  and  fell. 
The  self-constituted  teacher  did  it.  He  went  out  of 
his  place  and  led  the  pupils  out  of  their  place. 


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He  deceived  them.  They  assented  to  his  leadership. 
He  fed  the  carnal  mind  to  surfeiting.  He  aroused 
the  natural  mind  with  ambition  high  as  the  gods. 
Ever  since  home  and  school,  church  and  state,  have 
been  moved  by  fears,  suspicions,  jealousies,  hatreds, 
wars,  blood  shed,  and  death  has  reigned  over  man¬ 
kind. 

Who  is  he  that  hath  done  all  this?  The  subtile 
deceiver,  the  carnal  enticer,  the  nature  exalter,  the 
ambitious  usurper,  the  cunning  falsifier,  the  angel 
that  kept  not  his  first  estate,  called  in  truth  the 
serpent,  the  old  serpent,  the  father  of  lies,  diabolus 
the  tempter,  the  prince  and  power  of  the  air,  the 
pretending  claimant  of  this  world  as  his  bride  in 
her  glory,  recognized  generally  as  the  Devil  written 
large.  He  is  the  prince  of  the  darkness  of  this 
world. 


CHAPTER  V 


THE  FIRST  SCHOOL — EFFECTS 

1.  What  effects? 

2.  Why  these  effects? 

THE  effect  has  a  cause.  The  creature  has  a 
creator.  The  school  is  a  creature,  and  effect. 
It  has  a  creative  cause.  Its  creative  cause  is  ade¬ 
quate.  Its  adequate  cause  is  its  teacher.  Its  teacher 
is  God.  In  the  beginning  God  created  the  heavens 
and  the  earth.  He  spake  and  it  was  done.  He 
commanded  and  it  stood  fast.  He  taught  the  first 
school.  His  pupils  trusted,  loved,  obeyed  Him,  and 
that  school  was  Paradise.  Creator  and  creatures, 
teacher  and  pupils,  school  and  environment  were 
harmonious.  The  true  and  the  beautiful  and  the 
good  were  in  ideal  blending.  The  spirit  and  soul 
and  body  of  man  were  an  ideal  organism.  Teacher 
and  pupils,  heaven  and  earth,  were  harmonious. 
Peace  and  glad  content  were  everywhere.  All  this 
was  the  effect  of  the  creative  teacher,  love  giver, 
Jehovah,  whose  every  law  was  the  law  of  love  in 
righteousness  and  peace  and  joy  in  the  Spirit  of 
God. 

When  the  intruder  came  all  here  was  changed. 


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A  difference  between  teacher  and  pupil  appeared. 
The  inner  light  of  the  pupil  became  dim.  The  soul 
of  the  pupil  became  doubtful,  hesitating,  confused. 
Thought  appeared  contradictory.  Affection  wavered 
between  two.  The  will  put  hand  on  the  forbidden 
fruit.  The  appetite  moved  the  hand.  The  body 
appeared  on  the  throne.  The  soul  with  ambition 
took  the  scepter.  The  carnal  mind  joined  hands 
with  the  natural  mind  and  made  the  spirit  a  slave. 
The  upright  man  of  the  first  Teacher  was  inverted. 
Flesh  ruled,  soul  beguiled  by  the  serpent  chose  and 
wrought.  The  spirit  of  man,  the  candle  of  Jehovah, 
flickered,  grew  dim  and  doubtful.  The  Spirit  of 
God,  who  brooded  over  all  the  earth  and  smiled  in 
light  and  breathed  in  the  air,  was  grieved.  Con¬ 
science  of  pupils  was  struck  with  fear,  and  made 
cowards  of  them.  The  voice  of  blame  arose.  Shame 
covered  their  faces.  The  serpent  winked,  batted 
his  eyes  and  smiled.  The  first  Teacher,  Jehovah, 
is  hid  by  nature’s  shadow  clouds,  and  darkness. 
Fears  and  forebodings  take  the  place  of  faith  and 
love  and  peace  and  joy.  The  serpent  beguiled 
them  and  they  did  eat.  The  fruit  became  ashes 
on  the  tongue,  tormenting  fear  in  the  heart,  jeal¬ 
ousy  in  the  eye,  hatred  on  the  brow,  blood  on  the 
hand,  and  death  stalked  abroad.  Whence  come  war 
and  bloodshed?  From  the  enthronement  of  the 


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carnal  mind.  From  the  pride  and  ambition  of  the 
natural  mind.  The  carnal  mind  is  enmity  against 
God.  The  natural  minds  know  not  the  things  of 
the  Spirit  of  God.  Enmity  against  God,  and  envy, 
jealousy,  hatred,  war  and  bloodshed  among  men, 
are  the  effects  of  material  and  mental  enthronement 
over  the  Spiritual. 

The  normal  and  divine  order  in  the  upright  man 
is  for  soul,  with  all  its  capacities,  to  work  in  the 
light  of  the  spirit,  the  candle  of  the  Lord,  and  so 
work  out  salvation  through  the  five  senses  of  the 
body.  But  the  false  teacher,  the  Serpent,  reverses 
all  this,  inverts  man,  enthrones  the  carnal  or  the 
natural  mind,  and  in  either  case,  depraves  man  in 
all  his  nature.  Thus  the  effect  is  total  depravity 
of  man. 


CHAPTER  VI 


THE  SHADOW  CHRIST 

1.  What  is  meant  by  The  Shadow  Christ? 

2.  Why  the  shadow? 

r  I  ''HROUGH  the  false  teacher,  shadowed  by 
“*•  nature,  and  speaking  in  friendly  terms  and 
with  positive  emphasis,  the  pupil  assented.  Dark 
and  misty  shadows  came  over  the  school  of  man, 
the  school  of  human  life.  Man’s  vision  of  God  be¬ 
came  dim.  He  could  hear  echoes  of  God’s  voice, 
vaguely  see  forms  of  God’s  presence,  feel  with  fear 
His  approach.  Everything  seemed  to  veil  God  from 
eye,  ear,  and  heart  of  man.  There  was  the  hiding 
of  His  power  since  the  word  of  another  came  into 
the  heart. 

The  reason  why  is  clear.  The  spirit  of  man  had 
turned  to  learn  of  a  creature  rather  than  of  the 
Creator.  The  creature’s  thought,  love,  purpose, 
word,  came  over  the  thought,  love,  purpose,  and 
word  of  Jehovah.  Man’s  face  was  veiled.  Man’s 
vision  was  dimmed.  Man’s  heart  was  thus  turned 
to  nature.  The  inner  light,  the  candle  of  the  Lord, 
the  spirit  of  man  was  under  the  world  bushel.  In 
the  dimness  Satan  appeared  as  an  angel  of  light. 

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He  gave  fair,  yea,  flattering  promises.  Present 
good,  temporal  pleasure,  material  gratification,  be¬ 
came  the  first  choice.  The  carnal  mind  dominated. 
The  natural  mind  became  serpentine  and  cunning 
in  its  devices.  Led  captive  by  the  accuser  of  God, 
man  was  sold  under  sin.  The  school  of  his  life 
became  full  of  bitter  experiences.  He  could  not 
get  away  from  God,  for  the  Spirit  of  God  strove 
with  him.  The  candle  of  the  Lord  in  him  was 
kept  flickering.  In  that  dimness  he  felt  after  God, 
but  could  not  find  Him.  Man  lost  God  in  nature 
and  worshiped  the  creature  rather  than  the  Creator. 
Man’s  mental  images  materialized  and  he  wor¬ 
shiped  idols.  And  those  idols  were  himself  objecti¬ 
fied.  Self-worship  became  his  habit.  But  he  lost  God 
and  himself  in  nature,  in  hard  nature,  even  in  wood 
and  stone.  And  yet  he  could  not  die.  The  breath 
of  God  was  in  him.  The  Spirit  of  God  brooded 
over  him.  The  lighted  candle  in  him  would  not 
go  out.  God  would  not  leave  nor  vanish  away. 
Man  groaned  and  travailed  in  pain.  He  longed 
for  God,  felt  in  the  dark  for  Him.  Light  was  too 
dim,  nature  too  heavy  and  hard,  soul  too  feeble 
with  all  its  psychic  power,  the  spirit,  his  own,  too 
weak.  Sin-sick  he  was,  and  quite  too  sick  to  live 
and  not  sick  enough  to  die.  He  was  in  the  depths. 
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he  cried.  Jehovah  heard.  Jehovah  was  near,  but 
he  knew  it  not.  The  Lord  came  to  man’s  help. 
How  ? 

Not  as  first  He  came.  And  yet  He  was  the 
same  Lord,  true,  good,  unchanging.  But  man  was 
not  the  same.  Man  was  in  the  shadow  and  could 
see  the  Lord  only  through  shadow.  Henceforth 
man  could  see  God  only  through  cloud,  fire,  water, 
material  symbol,  and  hear  Him  through  human 
voice.  Unbelief,  knowing  to  do  good  and  doing  it 
not,  transgressing  the  law,  sin,  had  buried  man  so 
deep.  His  body  was  a  cabin  and  a  crib  to  his 
spirit.  His  soul,  psychic  powers,  was  in  the  floating 
fogs  and  mists.  Ghosts  and  goblins  and  devils  made 
him  fear.  Even  the  God  of  love  seemed  fantastic 
and  fear-compelling.  The  pneumatic  mind,  the 
spirit  of  man,  enfeebled  and  weary,  could  be  ap¬ 
proached  only  through  the  medium  of  all  this 
shadowing  of  sin. 


CHAPTER  VII 


THE  SCHOOL  OF  FAITH 

1.  What  of  faith  and  school? 

2.  What  is  the  relation  of  faith  to  life? 

NO  faith,  no  school.  What  gravity  is  to  mat¬ 
ter  faith  is  to  the  spirit  of  man.  What 
chemical  affinity  is  to  particles  of  matter  faith  is 
to  the  children  of  men.  Without  faith  it  is  impos¬ 
sible  to  please  God  or  man.  Without  faith  that 
self  is,  and  that  another  is,  and  that  there  is  such 
a  thing  as  time  and  place,  there  can  be  no  school. 
Where  two  or  three  meet  together  there  is  a  school, 
the  school  of  faith.  The  first  school  was  composed 
of  God  and  man  in  the  garden.  It  was  a  school 
of  faith.  And  the  school  of  all  schools,  the  school 
of  life  in  all  its  manifoldness,  is  yet  the  school  of 
faith.  Faith  is  its  law  of  gravity,  its  law  of  affinity, 
without  which  it  does  not  appear. 

In  this  school  we  believe  that  we  are,  and  that  we 
are  in  a  material  world.  And  we  speak  of  the 
material  world  as  rock,  earth,  water,  and  air,  be¬ 
cause  we  believe  it  to  be  such.  We  say  the  earth 
is  composed  of  certain  mineral  elements,  the  water 
of  oxygen  and  hydrogen,  and  the  air  of  oxygen  and 
nitrogen,  because  we  so  believe.  We  say  there  is  a 

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mineral  kingdom,  a  vegetable  kingdom,  an  animal 
kingdom,  and  a  human  kingdom,  because  we  believe 
there  are  such  kingdoms.  We  believe  and,  there¬ 
fore,  we  speak  and  teach  and  preach.  Our  senses 
testify  and  we  accept  their  testimony.  Our  intel¬ 
lect  discerns,  discriminates,  classifies,  because  we 
believe  things  are  and  are  alike  or  unlike.  We 
group  like  things  together  because  we  believe  it  to 
be  the  proper  thing  to  do.  The  sense  of  propriety 
and  of  right  so  testifies  and  we  classify  accordingly. 
In  the  changes  wrought  among  material  things  in 
form  and  color  and  size  and  relation,  we  discern 
the  law  of  cause  and  effect,  and  say  every  effect 
has  an  adequate  cause.  All  nature  is  an  effect. 
All  nature  has  therefore  an  adequate  cause.  And 
this  adequate  cause  of  all  things  is  God.  In  the 
beginning  God  created  the  heavens  and  the  earth. 
He  spake  and  it  was  done.  He  commanded  and  it 
stood  fast.  Man  cannot  change  God’s  laws  of 
gravity,  of  chemical  affinity,  of  cohesion,  of  life. 
Man  can  adjust  and  relate,  but  only  God  can 
create. 

We  talk  much  about  life,  because  we  believe  it 
is.  We  note  and  classify  its  forms  and  call  it 
vegetable,  animal,  human,  or  divine,  according  to 
its  form,  condition,  or  manner.  Though  we  have 
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yet  we  persistently  believe  it  is.  We  study  its 
seed  forms  and  compare  it  in  those  forms  with  its 
forms  of  growth  and  wonder  at  its  power.  Take 
the  little  seed  of  the  rose  and  the  blooming  rose, 
or  the  grain  of  corn  and  its  blooming  and  earing 
stalk,  or  the  acorn  and  the  oak,  or  the  little  egg 
and  the  full-fledged,  singing  bird.  Note  the  con¬ 
trast.  How  wonderful  the  change!  And  we  say 
life  did  it.  Yes,  life  under  certain  conditions  did 
it.  But  whence  that  life?  Man  cannot  produce 
it.  He  can  take  material  elements  and  form  and 
shape  and  color  them,  but  he  cannot  give  them  life. 
Man  can  change  things  in  form,  color,  place  and 
relations  of  things  material,  but  he  cannot  give 
them  life  to  grow  and  bloom  and  bear  fruit  or  sing 
songs.  The  cause  adequate  for  all  this  is  God. 
He  hath  given  power  to  the  lily  life  to  transmute 
the  clay  into  a  lily  cup  clothed  in  white  and  golden 
hearted.  He  hath  given  the  bird  life  power  to 
transmute  the  seed  life  it  ate  into  the  beauty  of 
feather  and  sweetness  of  song.  He  gave  power  to 
human  life  to  transmute  all  lower  lives  into  human 
literature  and  human  song  and  human  life.  God 
breathed  into  man  the  breath  of  lives  and  man  be¬ 
came  a  living  soul.  God  is  adequate  cause  for  all 
this  and  more.  He  can  make  man  and  all  things 
new,  after  His  own  pattern  and  ideal  image.  So 
says  the  School  of  Faith. 


CHAPTER  VIII 


THE  SCHOOL  OF  MORALITY 


1.  What  is  morality?  What  does  it  include? 

2.  What  is  its  source? 

MORALS,  though  singular  in  thought,  is  plural 
in  form.  Morality  means  plurality.  School, 
though  singular  in  form,  is  plural  in  thought.  It 
takes  more  than  one  to  make  a  school.  Morals  and 
manners  are  synonymous  terms.  We  speak  of  the 
manners  of  a  person,  thinking  mostly  of  his  external 
conduct.  We  speak  of  the  morals  of  a  person, 
thinking  mostly  of  his  purpose  or  spirit.  The  morals 
of  a  person,  of  a  school,  involves  the  thought  and 
feeling  and  purpose  and  manner  of  the  person  or 
school.  Persons  form  the  school,  and  the  morals 
of  the  school  is  the  moral  quality  of  it,  as  revealed 
in  the  conduct  of  the  school  and  the  persons  com¬ 
posing  it. 

i.  The  morals  of  each  person  may  be  viewed  from 
different  standpoints.  He  may  be  viewed  as  a 
duality  of  body  and  soul.  If  the  body,  in  its  ap¬ 
petites,  passions,  and  ornamentation,  rule  the  soul, 
he  is  morally  carnal.  If  the  soul  rule  the  body 
he  is  morally  of  higher  intrinsic  worth,  and  what 
in  Scripture  is  called  natural  minded. 

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Then  the  person  may  be  viewed  again  as  com¬ 
posed  of  body  and  soul  and  spirit.  Then  if  the 
body  rule  he  is  carnally  minded.  If  the  soul  rule 
he  is  natural  minded.  If  the  spirit  rule  he  is  spirit¬ 
ual  minded.  In  moral  character  he  is  and  can  be 
only  one  of  the  three  types  of  morality.  The  low¬ 
est  type  is  the  carnal,  which  is  enmity  against  God. 
The  higher,  or  psychical  type,  is  morally  natural, 
but  knoweth  not  the  things  of  the  Spirit  of  God. 
The  highest  type  of  morals  is  spiritual,  pneumatic, 
receiving  the  help  of  the  Spirit  of  God.  This  gives 
the  spiritual  character,  the  spiritual  mind. 

Again,  the  person  may  be  viewed  as  to  his  three 
fold  consciousness,  of  self,  of  the  world,  and  of 
God.  If,  in  the  spirit  and  manner  of  his  life,  he  is 
self-centered,  egoistic,  his  morals  are  selfish.  If  he 
loves  the  world  and  lets  it  absorb  his  energies  of 
body  and  soul,  he  is  worldly.  Even  though  his 
motive  be  philanthropic,  his  morals  are  worldly 
egoistically  selfish. 

On  the  other  hand  if  his  consciousness  of  God 
prevail,  his  morality  becomes  religious.  Then  he 
dedicates  himself  to  God,  worships  God,  which  is 
the  highest  morality.  This  highest  type  of  morality 
finds  its  ideal,  its  supreme  goal,  in  the  Man  of 
Galilee,  in  whom  man  is  reconciled  to  God  and  in 
perfect  fellowship  with  the  Father. 


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Then  again  man  may  be  viewed  as  to  his  treat¬ 
ment  of  other  creatures.  To  say  nothing  of  non- 
vital  creatures,  like  the  rock,  the  pearl,  or  the  ground 
he  plows,  mention  is  made  of  creatures  of  life. 
There  is  something  moral  in  man’s  treatment  of 
plant.  Some  plants  are  hurtful  to  more  fruitful 
plants,  to  animals,  or  to  man.  Good  morality 
chooses  the  best  in  everything.  Good  morality 
chooses  the  good,  cultivates  it  to  make  it  better,  or 
even  the  best.  To  cause  two  blades  of  grass  to 
grow  where  only  one  grew  is  good  conduct.  To 
cause  a  rose  to  become  more  beautiful  is  good  work. 
To  so  care  for  bird  or  beast  as  to  increase  usefulness 
and  beauty,  gentleness  and  docility,  is  good  manners. 
And  to  so  use  rock  and  clay  and  wood  as  to  make  a 
healthful  and  comfortable  and  economic  and  beauti¬ 
ful  home  for  a  good  and  happy  and  beautiful  life, 
is  very  good  morality.  And  the  school  has  much 
to  do  in  making  or  marring  all  this.  Bad  morals 
in  the  school  and  in  the  home  is  bad  for  all.  Good 
morals  in  these  schools  of  training  make  life  better 
and  more  beautiful  and  blessed.  And  lastly,  but  not 
least,  the  school  of  morals  puts  emphasis  on  conduct 
of  person  to  person.  It  stresses  the  duty  of  teacher 
to  pupil.  The  condition,  circumstances,  needs 
of  the  pupil  are  all  carefully  noted,  and  ways  and 
means  devised  to  supply  the  needs.  Abuse  is  for- 


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eign  to  good  morals.  The  best  use  is  the  behest 
of  good  morals.  To  be  true  and  generous,  kind 
and  faithful,  in  looks,  manner,  words  and  deeds,  is 
the  fruitage  of  a  good  heart,  a  level  head,  willing 
hands  and  feet,  and  of  a  noble  soul.  So  come  the 
wisdom  of  God  and  the  smiles  of  heaven  for  earth. 
He  who  spake  as  never  man  spake  was  such  a 
teacher.  Learn  of  me,  He  said. 

Then  there  are  the  pupils.  And  we  are  all  pupils, 
differing  only  in  growth  and  age,  in  conditions 
and  circumstances.  In  one  thing  we  are  all  alike. 
We  are  imperfect.  We  all  need  adjusting,  right 
attitude,  right  relations,  right  spirit  and  temper,  so 
as  to  be  willing  to  learn  and  to  be  rightly  adjusted, 
for  a  harmonious  whole,  the  result  of  good  morals. 
And  here  is  the  rule  for  such  a  goal.  All  things 
whatsoever  ye  would  that  men  should  do  unto  you, 
do  ye  even  so  unto  them.  This  is  the  ideal  rule 
for  the  ideal  school.  Where  do  you  find  it  ? 

Morality  means  plurality,  whether  we  look  to¬ 
ward  man  or  toward  God.  One  person  alone,  un¬ 
related,  and  without  an  equal  to  respect,  dissolves 
our  conception  of  morality.  The  moral  sense  re¬ 
quires  more  than  one  to  say,  Thou  shalt  love  thy 
neighbor  as  thyself.  All  things  whatsoever  ye  would 
that  men  should  do  unto  you,  do  ye  even  so  unto 
them.  God  spake  for  man  and  to  man.  God 


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is  moral.  God  is  the  source  of  morality.  He  is 
the  source  of  man  and  of  all  man  s  senses.  God 
is  moral  in  His  care  of  man.  God  is  moral  in  His 
nature  and  in  His  related  personalities  of  Father, 
Son,  and  Holy  Ghost.  He  is  the  tri-une  God,  the 
source  of  religion,  of  true  morality,  and  of  the  life 
worth  living. 


CHAPTER  IX 


THE  SCHOOL  AND  RELIGION 


I.  What  is  religion?  What  is  the  place  of  reli¬ 
gion  in  education? 

“The  Essential  Place  of  Religion  in  Educa¬ 
tion,  with  an  Outline  of  a  Plan  for  Introducing 
Religious  Teaching  into  the  Public  Schools.” 


E  note,  first,  “The  Essential  Place  of  Reli- 


▼  V  gion  in  Education.”  Religion  is  a  conscious¬ 
ness  of  God  and  a  manner  of  worshiping  Him. 
Generically  speaking  all  men  are  conscious  of  God 
and  worship  Him  in  some  manner.  The  manner 


of  worshiping  may  be  very  crude,  but  it  evidences 


his  consciousness  of  God. 

Religiously  speaking  man  believes  that  he  may 
know.  The  form  of  his  expressed  faith  and  the 
mode  of  his  worship  are  modified  by  his  knowledge. 
But  in  some  form  and  in  some  degree  of  faith  man 
recognizes  God  and  worships  Him.  If  over  faith 
man  is  superstitiously  religious.  If  under  faith  man 
is  rationalistically  religious.  If  his  faith  be  central 
and  dominant,  God  is  to  him  over  all,  yet  in  all, 
working  unto  the  consummation  of  the  ages.  In 


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either  and  in  every  case  man  is  religious,  a  creature 
of  faith.  Religion  is  therefore  an  essential  part  of 
man’s  nature.  Being  an  essential  part  of  his  nature, 
it  has  an  essential  place  in  his  education.  What 
is  that  place? 

The  essential  place  of  religion  in  the  education 
of  man  is  the  first  place.  “In  the  beginning  God.” 
This  is  seen  in  considering  the  three  fold  content 
of  education. 

i.  Our  consciousness  of  the  world.  And  this 
world  of  which  we  are  conscious  is  divided  into 
three  realms,  known  as  the  mineral,  vegetable,  and 
animal  kingdoms. 

We  note,  first,  the  mineral  kingdom.  Here  we 
have  to  do  with  the  law  of  gravity.  Whence  this 
law?  And  whose  law  is  this?  Is  it  the  law  of 
nature  and  nature  only?  “In  the  beginning  God.” 

Then  there  is  the  law  of  chemical  affinity. 
Whence 'this  law?  Is  it  the  law  of  nature  and 
nature  only?  By  this  law  the  rock  is  formed,  the 
water  is  composed,  the  air  is  produced  and  all  the 
life  forces  grow  their  forms.  Whence  this  law  of 
chemical  affinity?  Is  it  of  nature  and  nature  only? 
“In  the  beginning  God.” 

Then  there  is  the  law  of  cohesion  and  adhesion. 
Is  this  the  law  of  nature  and  nature  only?  “In 
the  beginning  God.” 


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Secondly,  we  note  the  vegetable  kingdom.  Here 
is  the  law  of  vegetable  life  by  which  the  elements 
of  earth,  of  water,  of  air  and  of  light  are  trans¬ 
muted  into  vegetable  forms.  Whose  law  is  this? 
And  here  is  the  law  of  a  given  type  in  the  form  of 
a  given  life  whether  it  be  of  grass,  or  shrub,  or  tree. 
Whence  this  law?  “In  the  beginning  God.” 

Thirdly,  we  note  the  animal  kingdom.  Here 
we  see  the  forms  of  a  higher  life.  Its  forms  are 
many.  Whence  the  law  that  gives  type  to  these 
forms?  Some  of  these  are  adjusted  to  live  under 
the  earth,  others  under  the  water,  others  in  the  air, 
and  some  in  air  and  water.  By  whose  law  are  these 
adjustments?  Is  all  this  by  the  law  of  nature  and 
nature  only?  “In  the  beginning  God.” 

2.  We  note,  secondly,  in  the  realm  of  our  con¬ 
sciousness  the  consciousness  of  self.  “Know  thy¬ 
self,”  said  the  wise  Greek. 

And  first  we  need  to  know  ourselves  physically. 
Hence  in  our  education  stress  is  now  put  upon  the 
care  of  the  body.  Health  is  a  first  consideration. 
A  sound  body  is  necessary  to  greatest  achievement. 
Healthful  food,  suitable  clothing  and  shelter,  pure 
air  and  water,  and  proper  exercise  are  all  related 
to  our  education.  Whence  this  law  of  relations? 
Who  created  and  related  these  elements  to  man’s 
welfare?  “In  the  beginning  God.” 


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Then  we  need  to  know  ourselves  mentally.  Man 
is  a  thinker.  Words  and  actions  are  expressive  of 
thoughts.  To  learn  to  think  and  to  help  others 
think  is  a  large  part  of  our  education.  “Much 
evil  is  wrought  for  want  of  thought.”  But  to  be 
truly  helpful  thought  must  be  in  harmony  with 
fact  and  with  the  law  of  laws  governing  facts. 
There  is  a  law  of  mind  that  has  to  do  with  thoughts, 
and  words,  and  deeds.  Whence  this  law?  “In 
the  beginning  God.” 

Then  man  needs  to  know  himself  morally.  Moral 
worth  is  of  great  value  in  our  education.  An 
immoral  teacher  is  not  wanted.  “A  good  name  is 
rather  to  be  chosen  than  great  riches.”  To  save 
our  children,  our  homes,  our  country  from  moral 
ruin,  our  education  must  stress  morality.  Justice, 
equity,  the  square  deal,  are  demanded.  Kindly 
thought,  respectful  words,  honorable  deeds  need  to 
be  cultivated  in  our  education.  Respect  for  law 
and  obedience  to  authority  need  to  be  fostered. 
Whence  comes  this  thought,  this  moral  sentiment, 
this  conscious  need.  “In  the  beginning  God.” 

3.  In  the  field  of  our  consciousness,  we  note 
thirdly,  our  consciousness  of  God. 

In  the  perspective  of  the  past  we  note  there  are 
altars,  tabernacles,  temples,  churches,  and  cathedrals, 
recognized  as  places  of  worship.  Whence  come 


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these?  “In  the  beginning  God.”  Because  of  His 
touch,  His  inbreathing,  of  His  illuminating,  these 
come  into  the  consciousness  of  man.  The  most 
potent  element  in  man’s  nature  is  divine.  It  gives 
him  inspiration  and  illumination.  It  foreshadows 
events,  gives  visions  of  goals  to  be  attained.  The 
Lord  God  is  a  Sun  and  Shield.  Man’s  rest  and 
hope  are  in  Him. 

The  potency  of  the  pebble  in  its  grip  by  the  law 
of  chemical  affinity  and  of  cohesion  and  of  gravity 
is  beyond  the  power  of  man  to  overcome.  The  life 
force  in  seed  is  beyond  the  power  of  man  to  produce. 
The  life  that  quivers  in  the  wing  of  bird  and  sings 
in  its  throat  is  above  the  power  of  man.  And 
the  life  in  man,  however  mighty  in  thought  and 
feeling  and  will,  is  of  God.  He  is  the  adequate 
cause  of  all  things  in  heaven  and  earth.  The  great¬ 
est  thing  man  can  do  is  to  worship  Him.  The 
best  thing  man  can  do  is  to  adjust  to  His  laws. 
The  wisest  thing  man  can  do  is  to  teach  faith  in 
Him.  And  to  teach  all  things  religiously  is  the 
high  goal  of  our  education. 

In  our  education  we  begin  with  the  child.  In 
teaching  it  to  walk  we  begin  with  God’s  law  for 
walking,  the  law  of  gravity.  For  the  health  of  the 
child  we  must  feed  it  according  to  God’s  law  of 
chemical  affinity.  For  the  comfort  and  welfare  of 


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the  child  we  must  clothe  it  according  to  God’s  law 
of  cohesion  and  adhesion.  To  build  a  school  house 
for  the  child  we  must  adjust  material  to  God’s  law 
of  gravity,  of  chemical  affinity,  and  cohesion.  To 
make  a  book  or  picture  for  the  child  we  must  have 
respect  to  God’s  law  in  both  mind  and  matter.  For 
the  best  development  of  the  child  there  must  be 
respect  for  God’s  law  of  adaptation  of  His  means 
to  this  end.  He  is  the  Alpha  and  Omega  of  our 
education. 

The  ethic  of  our  education  requires  a  recognition 
of  all  facts  and  their  proper  relation.  The  world, 
and  self  and  God  are  facts  of  our  consciousness. 
The  predominant  fact  in  the  consciousness  deter¬ 
mines  the  personal  character.  If  the  world-con¬ 
sciousness  predominate,  man  is  worldly.  If  self- 
consciousness  predominate,  man  is  selfish.  If  God- 
consciousness  predominate,  man  is  Godly. 

As  our  population  is  cosmopolitan  the  ethic  of  our 
education  ought  to  be  cosmopolitan.  As  a  world 
power  our  education  ought  to  foster  a  world-wide 
relation.  This  can  be  done  by  teaching  the  Father¬ 
hood  of  God  and  the  brotherhood  of  man.  It  is 
the  duty  of  every  person  and  for  every  nation  to 
educate  towards  the  highest  recognized  ideal.  “All 
things  whatsoever  ye  would  that  men  should  do 
unto  you,  do  ye  even  so  unto  them.  For  this  is 


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the  Law  and  the  Prophets.”  Whence  the  Law? 

Whence  the  Prophets?  “In  the  beginning  God.” 

The  Essential  Place  of  Religion  in  Our  Edu¬ 
cation  being  the  first  place,  the  following  is 
offered  as  an  Outline  of  a  Plan  for  Introducing 
Religious  Teaching  into  the  Public  Schools, 
where  nothing  better  obtains. 

1.  For  city  and  town  schools. 

( 1 )  The  first  hour  of  each  regular  school  day 
for  religious  instruction. 

(2)  This  instruction  shall  be  given  by  duly 
authorized  teacher  of  the  denomination  repre¬ 
sented  by  the  child  in  the  school,  who  shall 
report  the  work  done  by  the  child  to  the  proper 
school  authority. 

(3)  The  place  for  this  instruction  shall  be  de¬ 
termined  by  the  religious  denomination  and  the 
school  board. 

(4)  When  the  denomination  does  not  provide 
religious  instruction  the  child  shall  attend  the 
regular  school  at  that  hour  for  regular  school 
work. 

2.  For  country  schools. 

( 1 )  One  half  day  each  week  may  be  allowed  for 
religious  instruction. 

(2)  The  religious  teacher  shall  report  grade  of 
work  of  child  to  regular  teacher  in  charge. 


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(3)  All  children  not  attending  half  day  religious 
instruction  shall  be  required  to  be  in  regular 
school. 

(4)  When  the  half  day  religious  instruction 
may  be  deemed  impracticable  by  the  school 
board  it  may  be  omitted. 

3.  Rule  of  Ethics. 

Teachers,  patrons,  school  boards,  and  religious 
representatives  are  advised  to  practice  the  Golden 
Rule  in  all  their  educational  work. 


CHAPTER  X 


THE  PAROCHIAL  SCHOOL 


i.  What  is  its  sphere?  Why  does  it  stress  reli¬ 


gion? 


HIS  school  gives  religion  the  first  place.  It 


1  emphasizes  the  spiritual  rather  than  the  ma¬ 
terial  interest  of  the  child.  It  stresses  the  eternal 
rather  than  the  temporal  welfare.  As  God,  the 
Creator,  is  first,  and  has  first  rights,  its  object  is 
to  teach  faith  in  God  and  obedience  to  Him. 
Eternal  life  means  fellowship  with  the  Eternal. 
And  this  school  is  a  human  effort  to  serve  the 
eternal  interests  of  the  child. 

As  the  State  is  limited  in  its  sphere  to  temporal 
matters,  the  Church  shows  interest.  As  the  State 
ministers  to  the  earthly  life  the  Church  ministers 
to  the  heavenly  life.  The  State  teaches  and  legis¬ 
lates  for  the  body  and  its  overt  actions.  The  Church 
teaches  and  counsels  the  soul  as  to  its  inner  thoughts. 
As  a  man  thinketh  in  his  heart  so  is  he.  Our  State 
cannot  teach  religion  officially.  The  distinctive  mis¬ 
sion  of  the  Church  is  to  teach  religion  and  so  train 
up  in  faith  in  God.  The  State  guarantees  liberty 
in  religion.  The  Church  teaches  loyalty  to  the 


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State.  Though  officially  separate  State  and  Church 
cooperate  for  the  well  being  of  the  child,  the  State 
for  temporal  well  being,  the  Church  for  temporal 
and  eternal  well  being.  And  the  Parochial  school 
is  the  Church’s  own  way  of  voluntarily  serving  the 
interests  of  the  child. 

The  essential  thing  in  the  Parochial  school  is 
religion,  faith  in  God  and  the  worship  of  Him. 
Right  knowledge  of  God  will  make  the  right  kind 
of  citizens.  Right  faith  in  God  will  make  true 
citizens  of  earth  and  heaven.  Therefore  the  Paro¬ 
chial  school  stresses  religion.  Faith  in  God  is  funda¬ 
mental  to  right  living.  The  faith  of  the  fathers  in 
the  language  of  the  children,  is  the  way  of  the  per¬ 
petuity  of  the  true  faith,  and  is  the  spirit  and  pur¬ 
pose  of  the  Parochial  school.  This  school  is  not 
an  enemy  of  the  State  school.  It  seeks  only  to 
supply  what  the  State  school  cannot  give  the  child, 
a  true,  distinctive,  and  articulate  faith  in  God,  along 
with  its  faith  in  man  and  loyalty  to  its  country. 
The  fear  of  God  is  the  beginning  of  wisdom.  To 
train  up  the  child  in  the  way  it  should  go  is  the 
genius  of  this  school.  It  subordinates  language  to 
loyalty  to  State  and  to  Church.  It  ministers  to 
body  and  soul.  It  trains  to  earthly  and  heavenly 
citizenship.  It  emphasizes  faith  and  stresses  good 
works.  It  teaches  to  seek  first  the  Kingdom  of 


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God  and  his  righteousness,  with  assurance  that  all 
these  things  of  earthly  State  shall  be  added  unto 
life.  A  right  faith  produces  a  right  life  toward 
God  and  man. 


CHAPTER  XI 


THE  SCHOOL  AND  COMMON  SENSE 

1.  How  many  senses  are  there? 

2.  What  is  a  common  sense  school?  Who  is  a 
full  orbed  man? 

HE  personal  spirit  of  man,  the  candle  of  the 


JL  Lord,  works  out  from  his  personal  center 
through  his  five  senses.  Through  these  five  senses 
of  his  body  he  works  out  upon  nature,  subdues  the 
earth  and  has  dominion.  Through  his  moral  sense, 
conscience,  man  regulates  his  treatment  of  his  fel¬ 
lows  and  his  uses  of  nature.  Through  his  spiritual 
sense  man  thinks  of  God  and  worships  Him.  These 
seven  senses  are  common  to  man.  Man  is  a  sensu¬ 
ous  being.  He  is  consciously  alive  to  the  world, 
to  the  right,  and  to  the  good.  He  is  a  moral  being. 
He  is  religious  also.  Religiously  man  works  up¬ 
ward,  morally  he  works  outward,  and  physically  he 
works  downward.  If  the  five  senses  rule  him  he  is 
carnal  minded.  If  the  moral  sense  rule  him  he  is 
natural  minded.  If  the  spiritual  sense  rule  him  he 
is  spiritual  minded.  If  man’s  activities  blend  all  the 
senses  into  one  harmonious  life  with  the  pervasive 
rule  of  the  spiritual  mind,  he  has  the  lineaments  of 


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the  ideal  man.  This  ideal  is  found  in  the  Man  of 
Galilee. 

As  these  seven  senses  are  common  to  man,  that 
school  is  preeminently  the  school  of  common  sense 
which  cultivates  all  the  senses. 

To  cultivate  only  the  physical  senses  is  to  train 
for  physical  achievement  and  develop  the  carnal 
mind,  which  is  enmity  against  God.  Man  is  more 
than  an  animal.  To  make  the  physical  preeminent 
in  his  training  is  contrary  to  the  law  of  God  in  man 
and  for  him.  To  make  manners  or  morals  the 
chief  thing  in  teaching  and  training  man  is  to  fall 
short  of  the  divine  ideal,  and  leave  man  in  the 
realm  of  the  natural  mind  which  knows  not  the 
things  of  the  Spirit  of  God.  To  over  emphasize 
religion,  or  the  spiritual,  in  ignorement  of  the  value 
of  the  moral  and  the  physical,  or  either  of  these,  is 
to  cultivate  and  develop  the  religious  zealot  who 
goes  about  to  establish  his  own  righteousness  rather 
than  the  righteousness  of  God.  In  its  order  the 
physical  is  divine.  It  is  of  God.  He  created  the 
five  senses.  He  gave  man  earthly  environment 
for  their  use.  Rightly  used  they  are  faithful  and 
efficient  servants  for  achievements  on  earth.  To 
abuse  them  is  to  fail  in  his  earthly  mission.  To 
neglect  the  moral  training  is  to  carnalize,  beastial- 
ize  man.  To  over  emphasize  the  moral  by  ignoring 


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the  religious,  is  to  make  man,  as  St.  Paul  expresses 
it,  heady,  high  minded,  foolish.  Every  sense,  in 
its  place  and  rightly  related,  is  of  God  for  a  well 
rounded,  full-orbed,  zestfully  happy  man,  capable 
of  imparting  happiness  to  others.  The  intrinsic  and 
divine  order  for  this  ideal  is  religion,  morality, 
physical  culture,  or,  the  spiritual,  the  natural,  the 
carnal;  or,  the  pneumatic,  the  psychic,  the  somatic. 
Each  has  its  place  and  relation  in  the  divine  order, 
and  in  that  order,  is  holy.  And  the  school  which 
rightly  teaches  and  trains  all  in  the  divine  order 
is  truly  a  school  of  common  sense,  in  the  highest 
and  most  comprehensive  meaning  of  the  term. 

Each  sense  needs  cultivation.  To  neglect  a 
sense  is  to  weaken  it.  To  weaken  a  sense  is  to 
weaken  its  testimony.  To  ignore  a  sense  is  to  lose 
its  testimony.  To  lose  or  reject  the  testimony  of 
a  God-given  sense,  is  to  depart  from  God’s  way. 

The  consciousness  of  man  testifies  that  this 
material  world  is.  Man’s  five  senses  so  testify.  It 
is  good  common  sense  to  so  affirm.  Man  is  con¬ 
scious  of  being  in  a  material  world,  and  of  reach¬ 
ing  after  it  with  his  five  senses.  It  is  good  com¬ 
mon  sense  to  realize  this.  Man  is  conscious  of 
God.  His  language,  his  works  in  building  altars 
and  temples,  and  his  offering  of  prayers,  are  evi¬ 
dences  of  this.  It  is  good  common  sense  to  recog- 


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nize  this.  The  common  sense  of  humanity  is  reli¬ 
gious  as  well  as  selfish  and  worldly.  The  common 
sense  of  humanity  recognizes  this.  And  the  school 
of  common  sense  demands  teaching  and  training 
of  the  common  senses  of  Humanity.  These  seven 
senses  are  universal.  They  have  been  since  man 

began  to  live  on  earth.  God  made  man  so. 

Through  these  seven  senses  God  fills  man  with 
light  and  love  and  life  abundant.  In  Christ  He 

came  into  the  realm  of  all  these  senses  that  man 

might  have  life  more  abundantly.  And  that  school 
which  cultivates  the  common  senses  of  humanity 
works  with  God  for  the  perfecting  of  man  and 
his  fellowship  with  God.  The  measure  of  real  suc¬ 
cess  is  in  proportion  to  the  measure  of  our  working 
with  God. 


CHAPTER  XII 


THE  NORMAL  SCHOOLS 


What  is  it  to  be  normal? 

What  is  a  normal  school? 

THE  weather  is  normal,  we  say.  His  tempera¬ 
ture  is  normal,  says  the  doctor  of  his  pa¬ 
tient.  His  pulse  is  normal.  There  is  a  recognized 
standard  and  that  which  conforms  to  this  standard 
is  said  to  be  normal.  A  normal  life  is  one  that 
meets  the  recognized  standard  of  heart-beat  and 
temperature. 

A  normal  man  is  one  who  has  all  the  factors  of 


the  recognized  standard  of  manhood.  A  normal 
society  is  one  that  is  well  regulated,  wisely  con¬ 
ducted  and  harmonious,  and  serves  its  purpose  well. 

A  normal  school  is  one  that  occupies  its  place, 
sustains  right  relations  to  other  schools,  and  does 
its  work  well  and  in  harmony  with  schools  of 
higher  and  lower  grades.  That  school  which  con¬ 
forms  to  a  recognized  standard  may  be  called  a 
normal  school. 

In  the  normal  man  there  are  these  four  factors, 
the  physical,  the  intellectual,  the  moral,  and  the 
religious.  According  to  this  recognized  standard, 


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that  school  which  educates,  trains  man  in  these 
four  things,  is  doing  the  work  of  a  normal  school. 
To  neglect  any  one  of  these  four  factors  of  a 
normal  man  is  to  make  him  abnormal.  A  school 
that  does  this  has  no  moral  right  to  be  called  a 
normal  school.  A  normal  school,  to  be  truly 
normal,  must  be  in  its  place,  sustain  right  relations, 
and  do  normal  work. 

The  normal  man  has  five  senses  for  cultivation 
for  physical  achievement.  Each  sense  has  its  place, 
its  relations,  and  its  functions.  That  school  that 
neglects,  or  abuses,  any  one  of  these  senses,  is  ab¬ 
normal  in  its  work. 

Then  there  is  the  moral  sense,  called  conscience, 
in  the  normal  man.  A  man  without  conscience 
is  a  monster  of  frightful  mien.  The  school  that 
neglects  the  culture  of  conscience  is  not  entitled  to 
the  honorable  name  of  a  normal  school. 

And  the  normal  man  is  religious.  He  worships. 
By  worshiping  he  becomes  like  the  being  he  wor¬ 
ships.  In  the  beginning  God,  he  says.  I  believe 
in  God  the  Father  Almighty  Maker  of  heaven  and 
earth,  the  normally  taught  man  says.  That  school 
which  neglects  to  so  teach  neglects  the  first  funda¬ 
mental  element  in  the  normal  man,  and  cannot  be 
credited  with  doing  normal  work.  The  truly  and 
comprehensively  normal  school  cultivates  all  the 


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factors  of  the  normal  man.  Cut  the  cable  that 
anchors  man  to  God,  and  smother  the  conscience, 
and  he  becomes  a  piratic  fiend.  Atrofy  his  reli¬ 
gious  susceptibility  and  manhood  loses  its  crown. 
The  normal  state  of  man  is  peace,  of  society,  har¬ 
mony.  War  is  abnormal.  The  normal  school 
works  with  God  for  peace  and  harmony. 


CHAPTER  XIII 


THE  CHRISTIAN  SCHOOL 

What  determines  the  character  of  a  school? 

What  is  a  Christian  school? 

IN  the  Grecian  school  we  think  of  Socrates,  Plato, 
and  Aristotle.  In  the  Roman  school  we  think 
of  Seneca  and  Cicero  and  Virgil.  In  the  Jewish 
school  we  think  of  Moses,  Samuel,  and  Solomon. 
In  the  Christian  school  we  think  of  Christ.  In  the 
other  schools  we  think  of  men.  In  the  Christian 
school  we  think  of  the  Man.  The  Greek  and 
Roman  schools  were  a  development.  The  Jewish 
and  Christian  schools  were  a  revelation  and  a  de¬ 
velopment.  The  former  two  were  schools  of  the 
carnal  and  natural  minds.  The  latter  two  were 
schools  of  the  pneumatic  mind  in  the  realm  of  the 
carnal  and  natural  minds.  The  Greek  school  said, 
Know  thyself.  The  Roman  school  said,  Do  some¬ 
thing.  The  Jewish  school  said,  Become  like  God, 
worship  Him.  The  Greek  school  was  philosophic, 
meditative.  The  Roman  school  was  legalistic, 
pragmatic.  The  Jewish  school  was  of  faith  and 
hope.  The  Christian  school  is  of  faith  and  hope 
and  love,  the  trinity  of  the  perfect  life,  the  life  of 

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God  manifest  in  the  flesh.  In  Him  dwelt  all  the 
fulness  of  the  Godhead  bodily.  He  spake  as  never 
man  spake.  He  taught  as  never  man  taught.  He 
is  the  wisdom  of  God  for  man.  He  of  God  is  made 
unto  us  wisdom  and  righteousness  and  sanctification 
and  redemption.  He  is  the  light  of  the  world. 

1.  Christ  is  the  source  of  authority  in  the  Chris¬ 
tian  school.  By  Him  were  all  things  created  that 
are  in  heaven  and  in  earth,  visible  and  invisible, 
whether  they  be  thrones  or  dominions,  principalities 
or  powers,  all  things  were  created  by  Him  and  for 
Him.  He  was  before  all  things,  and  by  Him  all 
things  consist.  Without  Him  was  not  anything 
made  that  was  made.  He  knows  what  is  in  man. 
He  knows  what  man  needs  to  make  him  perfect. 
Whether  the  elements  be  somatic  or  psychic  or 
pneumatic,  He  knows  them,  and  how  to  relate  and 
coordinate  them  to  make  man  holy  and  righteous 
and  blessed.  Having  created  all  He  knows  all.  All 
being  the  creatures  of  His  love  He  places  and 
relates  all  for  the  good  of  all. 

2.  By  Him  all  things  consist.  Having  created 
and  related  all  things  He  holds  all  together.  In 
Him  all  things  stand  together.  The  laws  of  gravity 
and  chemical  affinity  and  of  cohesion  stand  together 
for  the  good  of  the  whole  creation.  Oxygen  and 
nitrogen  of  the  air  and  the  oxygen  and  the  hydrogen 


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of  the  water  stand  together  for  the  good  of  breath¬ 
ing  and  drinking  creatures.  The  law  of  chemical 
affinity  works  with  the  laws  of  gravity  and  of 
cohesion  for  the  building  of  vital  organism.  The 
laws  we  call  physical,  mental,  moral,  and  spiritual, 
all  stand  together  in  Christ’s  school  for  the  perfect 
man.  By  Him  all  things  consist.  In  Him  God  and 
man  are  together.  In  Him  spirit  and  soul  and 
body  are  in  harmony. 

3.  The  purpose  of  the  Christian  school  is  three¬ 
fold:  First,  it  is  the  perfecting  of  the  individual, 
physically,  morally,  mentally,  spiritually.  Each 
faculty,  susceptibility,  or  factor,  of  man’s  personal 
being,  is  trained  to  the  maximum  of  its  efficiency. 
And  all  these  are  so  harmonized  as  to  be  coopera¬ 
tive  for  a  perfect  man,  full-orbed  and  well-rounded. 
Such  an  one  is  truly  a  man  of  God.  All  Scripture 
given  by  inspiration  of  God,  is  profitable  for  doc¬ 
trine,  for  reproof,  for  correction,  for  instruction 
in  righteousness,  that  the  man  of  God  may  be  per¬ 
fect,  thoroughly  furnished  unto  all  good  works. 

Secondly,  That  man  may  subdue  the  earth  and 
have  dominion.  The  intent  of  God  in  man  is 
dominion  over  the  earth.  And  it  is  only  the  well 
developed  man  in  all  his  faculties  that  can  subdue 
the  earth  and  have  dominion  over  it.  The  physical 
weakling  cannot.  The  mentally  deficient  cannot. 


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The  morally  blurred  will  not.  The  spiritually 
deficient  loses  himself  in  the  earth  and  is  conquered 
by  it.  Only  the  upright  man,  whose  spirit  is  the 
lighted  candle  of  the  Lord,  can  and  will  subdue  the 
earth.  Such  a  man  is  the  fruitage  of  the  Christian 
school.  Blessed  are  the  meek,  for  they  shall  inherit 
the  earth. 

Thirdly.  To  reconcile  the  world  unto  God  is 
the  mission  of  the  Christian  school.  All  this  was 
done  in  Christ.  God  was  in  Christ  reconciling  the 
world  unto  Himself.  Christ  is  the  norm  of  the 
Christian  school.  What  He  did  for  the  world  as 
teacher  the  Christian  school  does  for  its  community. 
To  adjust  itself  to  the  thought  and  love  and  pur¬ 
poseful  life  of  God  is  its  spirit  and  purpose. 

To  accomplish  all  this  the  potentially  Christian 
school  uses  agencies  adequate  to  this  end.  These 
agencies  are  persons  whose  faith  is  positively  Chris¬ 
tian.  A  doubting  Thomas  does  not  receive  the 
breath  power  of  the  risen  Christ.  And  by  that 
power  man  became  a  living  soul  to  subdue  the 
earth,  to  forgive  sin,  and  to  have  reconciled  fellow¬ 
ship  with  God.  The  mind  of  every  teacher  ought 
to  be  the  mind  of  Christ.  No  other  mind  will 
harmonize  all  the  elements  composing  the  individual 
and  bring  the  world  into  harmony  with  God.  The 
teacher  not  in  harmony  with  God  in  Christ  is  out 


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of  tune  with  the  Infinite.  He  needs  to  learn  to 
sing  the  song  of  Moses  and  of  the  Lamb.  The 
staff  of  this  song  may  be  Mosaic,  the  keynote  may 
be  of  Abrahamic  faith,  but  Christ  is  the  dominant 
chord.  Without  Him  staff  and  keynote  are  without 
the  concord  of  sweet  sounds.  The  Father  says: 
This  is  my  beloved  Son,  hear  ye  Him. 

The  Spirit  of  God,  who  brooded  over  chaos,  came 
into  the  darkness,  wrought  for  light  and  order,  in 
creation,  and  strove  with  men,  moved  and  guided 
prophets  and  apostles,  and  made  their  words  the 
Word  of  God,  glorifies  Jesus  Christ.  In  so  doing 
the  Spirit  guides  into  all  truth  and  sanctifies  in 
the  truth.  Christ  being  the  center  of  Revelation, 
the  One  unto  whom  the  Father  and  the  Spirit  and 
the  Angels  point,  the  Christian  school  crowns  Him 
Lord  of  all. 

That  school  which  sees  in  Christ  the  Way,  the 
Truth,  and  the  Life  for  the  world,  and  so  teaches, 
is  the  Christian  school.  In  the  Christian  scheme 
every  element  is  in  its  place  and  in  harmony  with 
the  whole  scheme.  Among  them  there  is  the 
eternal  fitness  of  things.  Everything  and  every 
person  in  his  place  is  most  beautiful  and  useful. 
Each,  then,  serves  every  other  and  all  together 
are  the  temple  of  the  living  God.  Then  the  song 
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peace,  good  will  to  men.  The  Prince  of  Peace  shall 
then  reign,  and  man  shall  reign  with  Him.  His 
kingdom  is  righteousness  and  peace  and  joy  in  the 
Holy  Ghost.  Such  is  the  foregleam  of  the  Chris¬ 
tian  school. 


CHAPTER  XIV 


CHRISTIAN  TEACHING 

1.  What  are  the  two  great  sources  of  Christian 
teaching? 

2.  What  is  their  relation  to  each  other? 

SOME  schools  teach  religion.  Some  schools 
teach  some  things  religiously.  The  Christian 
school  teaches  all  things  religiously.  And  the  clear- 
visioned,  positive  Christian  school  teaches  Christ, 
the  center  of  all  things.  And  this  according  to  the 
Scriptures. 

Some  schools  teach  Christianity.  Some  schools 
teach  about  Christianity.  Some  schools  teach  about 
Christ.  And  some  teach  Christ.  Some  teach  Christ 
as  a  moral  force  and  lose  Him  as  a  Saviour.  Some 
teach  Him  as  a  philosopher  and  lose  Him  as  a 
sufficient  and  adequate  cause  to  save  from  sin. 
Some  teach  Him  according  to  the  Scriptures  and 
find  Him  able  to  save  from  sin  and  to  crown  with 
life.  Such  schools  teach  Christ  to  be  the  efficient, 
creative  cause.  Whether  He  be  called  Jehovah, 
Lord,  or  God,  they  teach  that  He  created  all  things 
that  are  in  heaven,  and  that  are  in  earth,  visible  and 
invisible,  whether  they  be  thrones  or  dominions,  or 


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principalities  or  powers,  all  things  were  created  by 
Him  and  for  Him.  Thus  Christ  is  revealed  by  St. 
Paul,  the  learned  philosopher,  and  revealer,  and 
God-breathed  man,  as  the  efficient  and  final  cause 
of  all  things.  Are  they  things  visible  and  invisible 
in  earth?  They  are  created  by  Christ.  Are  they 
visible  or  invisible  in  the  heavens?  They  were 
created  by  Christ.  Are  they  forces  or  powers  in 
heaven  or  in  earth?  They  were  created  by  Christ. 
Are  they  governmental  movements  of  forces  and 
powers  in  heaven  and  in  earth?  Christ  is  Lord  of 
lords,  King  of  Kings,  and  Teacher  and  Master 
of  all  men  and  angels.  Never  man  spake  like  this 
man.  Never  man  knew  as  He  knew  what  was  in 
man  and  in  earth.  Never  man  had  the  power  crea¬ 
tive  and  formative  that  He  had.  Never  was  there 
another  man  so  like  God.  In  Him  dwelt  the  ful¬ 
ness  of  the  Godhead  bodily.  In  Him  wrought  the 
power  of  God  the  Almighty.  For  Him,  and  to 
Him,  is  the  divine  event,  though  far  off,  to  which 
all  creative  things  move.  In  Him  will  be  the  con¬ 
summation  of  the  ages.  He  is  the  light  of  the 
world.  He  is  the  light  that  lighteth  every  man 
that  cometh  into  the  world.  God  was  in  Christ 
reconciling  the  world  unto  himself.  In  the  begin¬ 
ning  was  the  Word,  and  the  Word  was  with  God, 
and  the  Word  was  God.  All  things  were  made 


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by  Him,  and  without  Him  was  not  anything  made 
that  wTas  made.  In  Him  was  life,  and  the  life 
was  the  light  of  men.  And  beholding  His  glory, 
the  glory  as  of  the  only  begotten  of  the  Father,  full 
of  grace  and  truth,  the  Christian  school  so  teaches. 

Many  schools  teach  mostly  from  what  is  called 
the  book  of  nature.  For  them  nature  does  many 
and  wonderful  things.  For  the  positive  Christian 
school,  nature  is  only  the  veiling  or  hiding  of  the 
power  of  God.  To  the  school  of  faith  nature’s 
laws  are  God’s  laws.  Nature’s  methods  are  God’s 
methods  of  working  material  results,  earthly  mani¬ 
festations  of  spiritual  powers.  And  Christ,  the 
anointed  One,  is  the  center  of  all  powers  that  are 
in  heaven  and  in  earth.  He  is  all  and  in  all  yet 
over  all.  They  express  His  thoughts.  They  show 
H  is  related  movements.  In  Him  they  harmonize. 
By  Him  all  things  consist,  whether  it  be  oxygen 
and  nitrogen  to  form  air,  oxygen  and  hydrogen 
to  form  water,  or  oxygen  and  nitrogen  and  hydro¬ 
gen,  and  light  and  life  to  form  woody  fiber  or 
fleshly  tissue.  God  in  Christ  is  the  former  of  the 
rock,  Creator  of  the  flower  of  the  field,  the  framer 
of  our  bodies,  the  Father  of  our  spirits.  He, 
Jesus  the  Christ,  is  the  light,  life,  and  creative  and 
recreative  power  in  the  world.  By  Him  and  in 
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is  absolute  faith  in  God  and  unfailing  peace  and 
good  will  to  men.  God  is  love  expressed  in  Christ. 
God  is  life  abloom  in  Christ.  Christ  Jesus  is  God 
saving  from  sin  and  crowning  with  life.  There 
is  none  other  name  under  heaven  given  among 
men  whereby  we  can  be  saved.  In  Him  the  Word 
by  whom  the  heavens  were  made  became  flesh,  and 
by  Him  that  flesh  was  glorified.  And  by  Him  all 
things  shall  be  made  new.  Is  the  earth  disorga¬ 
nized?  Is  the  law  of  chemical  affinity  violated? 
Is  the  law  of  human  thought  become  illogical  and 
unphilosophical  ?  Has  the  human  soul  become  con¬ 
fused?  Have  the  carnal  elements  become  enemies 
to  God  ?  H  as  the  natural  mind  become  proud  and 
selfish?  Has  the  spirit  of  man  lost  the  touch  of 
light  from  God?  In  Christ  all  is  readjusted  and 
made  right.  He  is  our  peace.  In  Him  is  plenteous 
redemption,  fulness  of  salvation,  and  perfect  glorifi¬ 
cation.  So  teaches  the  positive  Christian  school. 


CHAPTER  XV 


CREATIVE  POWER  LOCALIZED 

i.  What  of  localization?  In  Creation?  In  Re¬ 
demption  ? 

IN  the  beginning  God.  In  the  beginning  God 
created  the  heavens  and  the  earth.  Among  the 
fifty  thousand  stars,  more  or  less,  God  located  the 
earth.  And  in  the  earth  God  located  everything 
He  put  into  the  earth.  Everything  has  its  place. 
In  its  place  it  is  in  right  relations  to  every  other 
thing  and  every  other  person.  And  in  its  own 
place  everything  is  perfect  or  in  the  way  of  its 
perfecting  according  to  its  own  kind,  whether  it 
be  monad  or  man,  whether  it  be  minim  or  the 
Man  of  Galilee.  In  all  and  through  all  and  over 
all  is  God  the  Father  Almighty  Maker  of  heaven 
and  earth.  He  is  everywhere  present  potentially 
and  spiritually.  God  is  spirit. 

This  earth,  as  we  know  it,  has  its  place  in  the 
solar  system.  As  we  know  the  earth  it  is  com¬ 
posed  of  mineral,  vegetable,  animal,  and  human 
elements.  Each  element  has  its  place  and  consequent 
relations.  And  its  place  is  given  it  by  its  Creator. 
And  in  so  locating  and  relating  everything  God 
locates  His  power  for  that  thing  or  that  person. 

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No  creature  can  do  this.  Such  adequacy  belongs 
unto  God.  Such  knowledge  is  too  wonderful  for 
man  or  angel.  Neither  can  attain  unto  it.  But  man 
and  angel  can  believe  it  and  so  adjust  to  God  as 
to  come  into  tune  with  the  Infinite  God  in  all  His 
words  and  works.  By  the  Word  of  the  Lord 
were  the  heavens  made,  and  all  the  host  of  them 
by  the  breath  of  His  mouth.  He  spake  and  it  was 
done.  He  commanded  and  it  stood  fast.  God’s 
words  and  works  endure  in  the  places  and  where 
He  doth  put  them  and  hold  them. 

There  are  the  mineral  elements,  governed  by  the 
law  of  gravity,  of  chemical  affinity,  of  cohesion, 
and  of  adhesion.  From  pole  to  pole,  from  center 
to  circumference,  from  rock  to  air,  from  worm  to 
man,  these  laws  obtain  and  no  man  can  change 
them.  Man  stands  or  falls  with  them. 

Each  mineral  element  has  its  place  and  its  rela¬ 
tions.  Each  element  is  a  thought  of  God  mineral¬ 
ized  in  that  place  and  in  those  relations.  Thus 
God  localizes  His  power  in  the  mineral  kingdom. 
The  power  posited  there  is  of  God,  the  Almighty. 
Adjustment  to  that  power  fills  with  life  and  beauty 
and  blessing.  Antagonism  to  that  power  blights, 
bursts,  and  blows  to  atoms.  Right  adjustment 
saves.  Wrong  adjustment  destroys.  To  misplace 
hurts.  To  replace  heals. 


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Then  there  is  the  vegetable  kingdom.  Of  the 
many  things  in  this  kingdom  every  one  has  its 
place  and  relations  for  its  preservation  and  develop¬ 
ment.  Out  of  its  place  and  relations  it  loses  power 
and  disappears.  In  its  place  there  are  elements  to 
nourish  it  and  the  whole  earth  becomes  a  thing 
of  beauty,  a  garden  of  fruitfulness,  and  a  perennial 
joy- 

The  seed  of  life  in  the  earth  is  a  thought  of 
God  for  good.  Thus  God  localizes  His  thought 
and  love  and  purpose  in  His  works.  And  for  every 
seed  in  its  place  God  puts  elements  for  nourish¬ 
ment  that  it  may  perpetuate  its  kind,  and  be  of 
use  to  others.  Not  every  plant  grows  by  the  same 
elements.  There  is  appropriate  food  for  each  kind 
of  plant.  God  provides  for  the  rose  and  the  lily, 
for  the  corn  and  the  wheat,  for  the  apple  and 
the  fig,  for  the  peach  and  the  plum. 

So  also  in  the  animal  kingdom.  The  life  which 
we  call  animal  is  of  God  and  good  in  its  place 
and  relations.  This  too  is  a  localization  of  the 
thought  and  love  and  purpose  of  God  for  good. 
And  for  this  kind  of  life,  however  manifold  its 
form  of  manifestation,  God  has  provided  suitable 
food  for  it.  And  the  animal  in  its  place  and  feeding 
on  its  proper  food,  is  most  perfectly  formed  and 
beautiful  and  most  useful. 


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And  last,  but  not  least,  God  has  placed  human 
life  on  the  earth,  yea,  rather  in  the  earth,  for  no 
other  form  of  life,  thus  far  named  has  so  much 
to  do  in,  with,  and  for,  the  earth  as  human  life. 
No  other  life  works  so  great  changes  on  sea  and 
land  as  doth  man.  And  in  man  God  localizes 
His  man-thought  and  love  and  purposeful  power. 

But  in  locating  this  man-life  God  spake  and 
breathed  into  him  the  breath  of  lives  and  man  be¬ 
came  a  living  soul.  This  man-life  could  hear  Gods 
voice,  could  see  God,  to  receive  God’s  thought  and 
love  and  will,  and  tell  them  to  another.  Man  is 
a  living  soul,  a  spirit  like  God,  located  in  a  body 
in  space,  in  an  earth  full  of  lives  of  earthly  location, 
to  have  dominion.  In  human  form  God  posits 
His  highest  and  holiest  thought  and  love  and 
purpose  for  fellowship.  God  is  love.  Love  seeks 
fellowship.  The  love  of  God  is  attractive.  And 
it  was  in  man  God  said,  And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up, 
I  will  draw  all  men  unto  Me.  And  in  this  form 
of  man  localized  dwelt  all  the  fulness  of  God¬ 
head  bodily.  In  Him  is  the  potential  presence 
of  God  that  reconciles  the  world  to  its  Creator, 
and  makes  all  things  new. 

All  this  is  more  than  natural.  It  is  both  natural 
and  supernatural.  Each  positing  of  the  power  of 
God  wrought  effectively  in  its  own  place  and  for 


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its  God-given  mission  naturally.  Step  by  step  God 
localized  power  from  dust  to  breathing  man,  but 
each  advanced  step  was  a  superinduction  upon  and 
into  a  prepared  condition  for  it.  God  created  all 
things  and  gave  to  everything  its  own  nature  and 
place  and  relations  and  laws.  All  these  creations 
center  in  Man,  the  Man  of  Galilee.  All  God’s 
words  center  in  and  cluster  about  Him.  He,  of 
God,  is  made  unto  all  wisdom,  righteousness,  sanc¬ 
tification,  and  redemption.  Of  Him  and  through 
Him  and  to  Him  are  all  things.  He  is  the  Alpha 
and  Omega,  spoken  out  in  the  language  of  man 
placed  on  the  earth.  And  this  not  by  nature,  but 
by  Him  who  is  the  Creator  and  governor  of  all 
nature. 


CHAPTER  XVI 


CAUSES  AND  CONSEQUENCES 

What  of  the  law  of  cause  and  effect?  For  evil? 
For  good? 

THERE  is  a  law  of  cause  and  effect.  It  per¬ 
vades  everything.  It  operates  in  and  through 
every  creature.  It  works  in  the  mineral  kingdom. 
It  is  in  evidence  in  the  vegetable  kingdom.  It  is 
effective  in  the  animal  kingdom.  Human  life  ex¬ 
periences  it.  It  is  the  continuity  of  the  will  of 
God  affecting  all  persons  and  things.  There  is  no 
escape  from  it.  In  the  beginning  God.  He  is  the 
first  cause.  He  is  adequate  cause.  He  works  in 
all,  through  all,  and  rules  over  all  for  final  results. 
He  is  final  cause  as  well  as  primal  cause.  He  is 
the  First  and  the  Last,  God  over  all  blessed  for 
evermore.  Of  Him  and  through  Him  and  to  Him 
are  all  Things.  To  Him  be  glory  forever.  Amen. 

To  ignore  God,  in  the  operation  of  this  law,  in 
any  realm  of  creation,  is  to  lose  anchorage  and  be 
tossed  to  and  fro  by  every  wind  of  human  teaching, 
or  doctrine.  Without  such  anchorage  man  is  like 
a  ship  at  sea  without  anchor  or  rudder,  tossed  by 
the  waves  and  driven  by  the  wind.  But  if  man 

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be  set  deep  in  God  by  faith  that  works  by  love, 
the  power  and  wisdom  and  love  of  God  makes  all 
things  work  together  for  good. 

Then  there  are  secondary  causes.  These  causes 
are  in  the  realm  of  the  creature.  Man  is  more  like 
his  Creator  than  any  other  creature.  He  can  act 
more  like  God  than  any  other  creature.  He  can 
produce  more  effects  than  any  other  creature.  But 
as  working  cause  he  is  secondary.  All  his  acts 
are  under  the  reign  of  God’s  law  of  cause  and 
effect.  There  is  no  escape  from  this  operative  law 
of  God.  If  man,  as  personal  spirit,  turn  toward 
God,  certain  effects  will  follow.  If  he  turns  from 
God  certain  effects  will  follow.  The  consequences 
are  determined  by  man’s  attitude  toward  God. 
Man’s  choice  of  attitude  determines  results.  God’s 
law  of  cause  and  effect  works  out  consequences.  In 
and  through  this  law  God  is  supreme  over  all. 

The  law  of  cause  and  effect  has  to  do  with  more 
than  matter.  Material  things  show  us  the  law  of 
gravity,  the  law  of  chemical  affinity,  and  the  law 
of  cohesion.  To  ignore  the  law  of  gravity  is  to 
suffer  physical  hurt.  The  man  who  steps  over  a 
precipice  steps  to  physical  death.  The  man  who 
ignores  the  law  of  chemical  affinity  in  the  use  of 
foods  and  medicines  works  hurtful  consequences 
and  painful  death.  To  ignore  the  law  of  cohesion 


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is  to  build  poorly  and  cause  wreckage.  Why?  Be¬ 
cause  of  the  law  of  cause  and  effect,  which  pervades 
all  and  works  through  all.  The  body  of  man  with 
all  elements  composing  it,  is  subject  to  the  law  of 
cause  and  effect. 

And  so  too  is  the  soul  of  man  subject  to  this 
law.  Man’s  thinking  is  effected  by  this  law. 
Thoughts  have  to  do  with  effects.  Feelings  have 
to  do  with  effects.  Thoughts  and  feelings  move 
the  will.  The  will  chooses  a  course  of  action.  The 
law  of  cause  and  effect  runs  through  all.  Thoughts 
obey  it.  The  will  obeys  it.  The  whole  soul  works 
according  to  this  law. 

The  personal  spirit  of  man  is  subject  to  this  law. 
The  spirit  of  man  is  the  candle  of  the  Lord.  The 
spirit  of  God  lights  the  spirit  of  man  and  God 
says  to  man,  Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men 
that  they  may  see  your  good  works,  and  glorify 
your  Father  who  is  in  heaven.  Note  the  words 
“so  shine’  and  the  motive  in  the  words,  “that  they 
may  glorify  your  Father  who  is  in  heaven.”  Under 
the  causative  law  of  God  man  is  a  causative  power. 
God’s  law  of  cause  and  effect  works  through  man 
and  over  man — yea,  over  all  creatures. 

By  this  law  an  angel  fell  from  God  and  became 
a  devil.  By  this  law  men  may  become  devils.  By 
this  law  men  may  become  angels,  messengers  of 


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peace,  and  good  will  among  men  on  all  the  earth. 
By  this  law  men  fall  into  the  depths  and  ships  sink 
to  the  bottom  of  the  sea.  By  this  law  wars  arise 
and  chemical  elements  destroy.  By  this  lawT  history 
of  man  on  the  earth  is  writ  in  blood.  By  this  law 
the  bottomless  pit  was  formed  and  the  word  Hell 
spelled  out  to  express  the  most  awful  consequences. 
On  the  other  hand  by  this  law  of  God  man  may 
arise  out  of  sin,  may  walk  in  the  light  of  the  Lord, 
become  like  God,  and  have  fellowship  with  Him 
in  the  earth  and  in  the  kingdom  of  Heaven.  God 
is  love  and  adequate  cause  for  all  this. 


CHAPTER  XVII 


ADJUSTMENT 


Why  adaptation?  Why  adjustment? 

DAPTATION  is  good.  Adjustment  is  better. 


V.  Adaptation  looks  manward  and  leads  child- 
ward.  Adjustment  looks  to  the  law  of  God  and 
leads  Godward.  He  is  a  wise  teacher  who  adapts 
his  teaching  to  men  and  to  children  of  men.  He 
is  a  wiser  teacher  who,  in  his  adaptation,  adjusts 
to  God.  The  teacher  of  adaptation  interests  the 
taught,  but  is  in  danger  of  drifting  out  into  the 
human  and  materialistic  current.  The  teacher  of 
adjustment  not  only  interests,  but  benefits  the 
taught,  for  he  leads  more  surely  to  God,  the  source 
of  life  and  power.  To  help  to  adjustment  is  a 
most  effective  and  blessed  work.  It  leads  to  a  true 
knowledge  of  God  and  fellowship  with  Him.  And 
this  is  life  eternal  that  they  might  know  Thee,  the 
only  true  God,  and  Jesus  Christ  whom  Thou  hast 
sent. 

Adjustment  to  God’s  law  of  gravity  saves  from 
wreck  and  ruin.  Adjustment  to  God’s  law  of 
chemical  affinity  saves  from  pain  and  death.  Ad¬ 
justment  to  God’s  word  of  truth  saves  from  dis- 


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appointing  error  and  chaotic  confusion.  Adjust¬ 
ment  to  God’s  law  of  life  saves  from  death,  even 
from  death  eternal. 

By  adjustment  to  God’s  law  of  gravity,  the 
artisan  and  the  architect  build  well  houses,  temples, 
monuments,  that  stand  for  ages.  He  who  adjusts 
not  to  this  law  will  labor  in  vain.  If  the  Lord 
build  not  the  house  they  labor  in  vain  that  build 
it.  God’s  law  of  gravity  will  tell  the  truth.  It 
pays  to  work  with  God. 

The  agriculturist  who  adjusts  to  God’s  law  of 
chemical  affinity  gathers  rich  harvests.  By  this  law 
of  chemical  affinity  the  different  qualities  of  earth 
are  formed,  and  every  seed  is  supplied  with  its  own 
suitable  nourishment.  Adjust  the  seed  to  God’s 
law  of  chemical  affinity  for  it  and  its  growth  and 
fruitfulness  is  assured.  Adjustment  ought  to  be  the 
watchword  of  every  farmer  and  florist,  and  of  all 
who  seek  to  improve  the  products  of  earth.  Adjust 
to  God’s  laws  for  the  life  and  He  will  do  the 
rest. 

And  how  about  the  physician  and  surgeon  ?  Why 
are  they  needed?  Because  of  needed  adjustment. 
What  is  their  mission?  Chiefly  adjustment.  He 
is  the  wisest  and  most  successful  physician  who  ad¬ 
justs  the  proper  chemical  elements  for  the  sustaining 
and  nourishing  of  life.  Let  there  be  right  adjust- 


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ments  of  right  elements  for  the  life,  and  God 
through  His  law  of  chemical  affinity,  vital  and  non- 
vital,  will  do  the  rest.  Let  the  surgeon  make  right 
adjustments  to  life’s  conditions,  God’s  own  power 
in  the  life  and  for  the  life,  will  do  the  rest.  The 
best  that  man  can  do  is  to  rightly  adjust.  God 
says,  I  am  the  Lord  that  healeth  thee.  Man  may 
adjust,  God  healeth. 

The  same  is  true  of  the  soul.  Let  man  adjust 
his  thought  to  God’s  word  of  truth  and  he  will 
know  the  truth  and  the  Truth  will  make  him 
free.  Let  man  adjust  his  love  to  God’s  word  of 
love  (Christ)  and  he  will  become  pure-hearted  and 
see  God.  Let  man  adjust  his  will  to  the  Will 
(Law)  of  God,  and  he  will  know  of  the  doc¬ 
trine. 

Adjustment  to  God  in  nature  will  enrich  the 
products  of  nature.  And  these  products  will  be  in 
proportion  to  the  adjustment.  Perfect  adjustment 
means  a  perfect  product.  Partial  adjustment  means 
partial  product.  No  adjustment  means  no  product. 
Let  us  adjust. 

Our  life,  physical,  intellectual,  moral,  spiritual, 
temporal,  and  eternal,  depends  on  our  adjustment 
to  God’s  laws  for  these  very  things.  And  what 
is  true  of  the  individual  man  is  true  of  the  nation, 
yea,  of  the  world  of  humanity.  And  the  schools 


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of  the  world  and  the  school  for  the  world,  should 
not  teach  adaptation  less,  but  adjustment  more. 
Thereby  will  come  righteousness  and  peace  and  joy 
and  gladness  in  and  through  the  whole  world. 


CHAPTER  XVIII 


WHERE  THE  SUPREME  WORD  OF  GOD  IS 

What  is  the  nature  of  God’s  word? 

When  do  other  words  become  God’s  word? 


HE  Word  of  God  being  of  such  supreme  effi- 


ciency,  where  is  it? 

1.  It  is  in  the  breath  of  God.  By  the  Word  of 
the  Lord  were  the  heavens  made  and  all  the  host  of 
them  by  the  breath  of  His  mouth.  And  when  God 
created  man  He  breathed  into  man  the  breath  of 
lives  and  man  became  a  living  soul.  God’s  Word 
is  a  creative  Word,  a  breathing  Word,  a  life-giving 
Word.  It  is  spirit  and  life.  It  is  of  God  who 
is  spirit  and  comes  upon  man  and  into  man  by  the 
breath  of  God.  Through  it  man  hath  breathing  life. 
By  it  man  becomes  a  living  soul,  not  a  dying  soul, 
to  live  forever  in  fellowship  with  God. 

2.  It  is  in  the  air.  Man  hears  it  as  God  and 
man  speak  it.  It  is  in  the  voice  of  God  and  man. 
The  ear  of  man  can  receive  it.*  Through  the  ear 
of  man  the  soul  of  man  can  receive  it.  Through 
the  air  the  intellect  can  receive  the  thought-Word 
of  God,  the  heart  can  receive  the  heart  Word  of 
God,  and  the  will  the  purposeful  Word  of  God. 


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By  His  Word  God  created  the  air  and  formed  it 
of  oxygen  and  nitrogen,  and  formed  the  ear  to 
receive  His  Word  through  the  air.  The  Word  of 
God  is  the  means  of  creating  the  air  and  ear  and 
the  soul  and  so  relating  them  as  to  give  life  to  man 
in  a  blessed  affinity. 

3.  The  Word  of  God  is  in  the  spirit  of  man. 
God  is  spirit.  Man  is  essentially  spirit.  Between 
the  spirit  of  God  and  the  spirit  of  man  there  is 
an  affinity.  The  spirit  of  man  is  not  at  rest  with¬ 
out  fellowship  with  God.  The  Word  of  God  is 
the  means  of  this  blessed  fellowship.  God  gives 
H  is  Word  to  man  and  man  his  word  to  God,  and 
this  is  a  holy  communion.  And  for  man  a  most 
blessed  communion.  The  breathing  spirit  and  soul 
of  man  is  of  the  breathing  Word  of  God  and 
reciprocal  love  is  sealed  by  the  word  of  both.  The 
spirit  of  man  rests  in  faith  in  God’s  Word,  and 
is  in  peace  divinely  serene  and  blessed.  Through 
the  Word  of  God  man’s  spirit  and  soul  and  word 
are  filled  with  the  thought  and  love  and  will  of 
God,  and  there  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven  which 
is  righteousness  and  peace  and  joy  in  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

4.  The  Word  of  God  is  in  the  word  of  man,  first, 
creatively.  By  the  Word  of  God  every  element 
composing  man  was  created  and  organically  related. 


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Every  organ  of  man,  in  spirit  and  soul  and  body, 
was  formed  and  adapted  and  adjusted,  by  the  Word 
of  God.  Every  element  of  the  big  world  outside 
of  man  was  created  and  related  and  adjusted  and 
adapted  by  the  Word  of  God.  And  when  man  lets 
God’s  Word  guide  him,  he  becomes  so  adjusted  to 
God  in  spirit  and  heart  purpose  as  to  be  filled  with 
the  spirit  of  God.  Then  the  spirit  of  God  fills 
and  dominates  the  word  of  man  so  that  it  ex¬ 
presses  the  truthful  thought  and  love  and  purpose 
of  God.  Such  a  man  is  a  prophet  of  God.  He 
speaks  for  God.  He  is  moved  and  guided  by  the 
Spirit  of  God.  If  he  writes,  his  words  are  God- 
breathed.  Such  are  the  words  of  Holy  Scripture, 
the  Bible.  All  Scripture,  given  by  inspiration  of 
God,  is  profitable  for  doctrine,  for  reproof,  for 
correction,  for  instruction  in  righteousness,  that  the 
man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  thoroughly  furnished 
unto  all  good  works. 

Thus  the  Word  of  God  comes  to  us  in  The  Book. 
And  that  Book  is  the  result  of  the  presence  and 
power  of  the  Spirit  of  God  over  the  spirit  of  man, 
over  the  soul  of  man,  over  the  body  of  man,  and 
over  material  elements,  through  the  creative  and 
governing  Word  of  God. 

Thus,  too,  the  language  of  man  becomes  a  re¬ 
demptive  and  saving  power.  And  it  is  not  pre- 


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sumption,  but  almighty  truth  to  say  that  thus  the 
words  of  any  creature,  from  holy  angel  to  devil,  may 
become  a  means  for  the  triumph  of  truth,  for  the 
salvation  of  men,  and  for  the  glory  of  God.  And 
so  it  is  in  the  Bible,  the  Word  of  God. 

5.  In  incarnate  Word.  In  the  beginning  was 
the  Word,  and  the  Word  was  with  God,  and  the 
Word  was  God,  and  became  flesh.  This  is  the 
climactic  Word  of  God.  In  this  Word  center  all 
created  elements,  material,  and  spiritual.  In  Him 
dwelt  the  fulness  of  the  God-head  bodily.  In  Him 
is  the  light  of  the  world.  In  Him  is  the  life  of 
all  lives.  Out  of  Him  God  is  a  consuming  fire.  In 
Him  is  propitiation  for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world. 
Adjusted  by  faith  in  this  Word,  all  the  words 
of  all  men,  though  the  languages  be  thousands,  may 
become  the  Word  of  God.  All  things  were  made 
by  this  Word,  and  without  Him  was  nothing  made 
that  was  made.  No  other  name  is  given  under 
heaven  among  men  whereby  we  can  be  saved.  He 
is  the  eternal,  infallible,  absolute,  Almighty  Word, 
true  God  and  true  man,  in  whom  infinite  harmony 
and  everlasting  peace  can  be  realized.  Such  is  the 
Word  for  the  world.  And  such  is  the  Word  for 
the  school  for  the  kingdom  that  shall  have  no  end. 


CHAPTER  XIX 


HOW  AND  WHY  THE  WORD  OF  GOD  IS  THERE 

Who  is  the  supreme  Word  of  God?  Why  is  He 
the  supreme  Word? 

HOW  came  the  Word  of  God  where  it  is? 

Why  is  it  there?  These  questions  have  been 
answered  in  part.  A  further  answer  follows. 

God,  as  creator  and  father,  and  preserver,  and 
redeemer  and  Savior,  is  the  adequate  cause.  Every 
effect  has  an  adequate  cause.  Every  law  has  an 
administrator.  Unchangeable  laws  have  an  un¬ 
changeable  creator  and  administrator.  The  cosmos 
with  all  its  creatures  and  laws,  has  an  adequate 
cause.  Man  is  not  that  cause.  Angel  is  not  that 
cause.  The  devil  is  not  such  a  cause.  God  who 
is  light  and  love  and  spirit,  is  adequate  cause.  He 
is  the  creator  and  governor  of  heaven  and  earth. 
All  creatures  are  conditioned  and  related  by  Him. 
His  laws  dominate  all  creatures,  whether  we  call 
them  mineral,  vegetable,  animal,  human,  angelic,  or 
diabolic.  And  those  laws  are  no  respecter  of  things 
or  persons.  No  creature  can  change  them.  Adjust 
to  them  and  the  weal  of  the  creature  is  conserved. 
Transgress  them  and  the  woe  of  the  creature  is 
Is  it  the  law  of  gravity?  Of  chemical 

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affinity?  Of  cohesion?  The  law  of  life?  the  law 
of  mind?  the  law  of  love?  the  law  of  will?  the  law 
of  personality?  the  law  of  spirit?  every  creature  is 
in  and  under  law  adapted  to  its  nature  and  relations. 
And  the  creator  and  governor  of  that  creature  by 
law  is  God,  the  Father  Almighty,  Maker  of  heaven 
and  earth. 

God  breathed  and  spoke  and  the  cosmos  was. 
His  spirit  moved  upon  the  face  of  the  waters.  He 
spake  and  there  was  light.  He  spake  again  and 
again  and  again  and  again  the  creature  was.  Seven 
times  He  spake  and  seven  times  the  creature  was, 
and  law  prevailed.  All  was  very  good.  The 
morning  stars  sang  together.  There  was  peace  on 
earth,  good  will  to  men. 

That  breath  and  Word  of  God  breathed  and 
spoke  in  man.  God  breathed  into  him  the  breath 
of  lives  and  man  became  a  living  soul.  Man  could 
talk  with  God  in  a  breathing  and  articulate  lan¬ 
guage.  He  could  echo  God’s  voice.  God  created 
in  him  organs  for  articulate  speech  and  breathed 
into  them  the  breath  of  lives.  Now  man,  the  living 
soul,  thinks  God’s  thoughts  after  Him,  reciprocates 
God’s  love,  receives  God’s  law,  speaks  forth  words 
like  the  very  Word  of  God.  Fleshly  and  material 
organs,  God’s  own  creation  in  man,  vibrate  with 
breathing  life  and  words  articulate  come  forth. 


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God-created  and  God-breathed  man  talks  like  God. 
He  is  God’s  own  image.  He  is  capable  of  acting  like 
God.  In  him  the  world  elements  and  world  lives 
are  elementally  epitomised.  Man  is  the  glory  of  all. 

In  him  and  through  him  all  are  cosmos.  In 
man  all  creatures  have  their  goal.  If  man  goes 
wrong  all  creatures  are  affected.  If  man  goes  right 
all  creatures  are  helped  for  the  right.  And  the 
man  who  is  in  harmony  with  God  and  fulfills  all 
righteousness,  is  the  one  who  is  preeminently  the 
Word  of  God.  Only  the  man  in  perfect  harmony 
with  God  in  all  things  and  in  all  time  can  express 
the  true  and  perfect  Word  of  God.  He  who  was 
in  the  beginning  with  God,  and  by  whom  all  things 
were  made,  and  who  fulfilled  all  righteousness  from 
God  even  unto  the  ultimates  of  human  life  in  earth 
and  on  earth,  can  be  and  express  the  pure  and  true 
Word  of  God,  the  creator  and  governor  of  heaven 
and  earth.  Such  a  one  is  qualified  to  be  the  Teacher 
of  all  teachers  and  learners.  And  such  an  one 
was  the  Man  of  Galilee,  the  Carpenter  of  Nazareth, 
who  did  no  sin,  neither  was  guile  found  in  His 
mouth.  He  spake  as  never  man  spake.  He  is  God’s 
own  ideal  for  all  men.  In  Him  God  came  into 
human  life  in  all  His  fullness  for  the  whole  world. 
He  is  the  Way,  the  Truth,  the  Life.  He  is  God 
manifest  in  the  flesh.  In  Him  man  becomes  truly 
God  like.  He  is  the  supreme  Word  of  God. 


CHAPTER  XX 


THE  CHRISTIAN  SCHOOL’S  SUPREME  WORK 

What  is  language?  What  is  word  language? 
What  is  the  greatest  word  language? 

HRIST  is  the  center  of  gravity  for  the  spirit 


of  man.  And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up,  will  draw 
all  men  unto  me.  Christ  lifts  up.  The  true  un¬ 


folding  of  life  is  upward.  Christ  is  the  Life  of 


lives.  He  is  the  ante-type  of  all  lives.  He  is  the 
life  of  the  world.  To  be  rooted  and  grounded  in 
Him  is  to  grow  outward  and  upward.  He  is  more 


than  the  pearl  of  great  price.  He  is  the  lily  of  the 


valley.  He  is  the  lamb  of  God.  He  is  the  Mighty 
Man.  He  is  king  of  kings.  He  is  the  Mighty 
God.  To  be  drawn  to  Him  is  to  move  to  the 
divine  center  of  the  whole  world,  to  come  into  one’s 
own  place,  into  right  relations  to  every  other,  and 
to  become  like  God. 

Christ  is  the  adjusting,  harmonizing  power  of  all 
things.  By  Him  were  all  things  made  that  were 
made.  By  Him  all  things  consist,  stand  together. 
By  Him  the  law  of  gravity  and  chemical  affinity 
and  of  cohesion  are  harmonized  for  the  manifesta¬ 
tion  of  life  in  material  forms  and  relations,  whether 


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it  be  vegetable,  animal,  or  human  forms  and  rela¬ 
tions.  Yea,  more  than  this.  By  Him  angels  and 
men,  heaven  and  earth,  God  and  humanity  are 
harmonized.  He  is  the  key  that  unlocks  the  many 
mansions  of  our  Father’s  house.  He  is  the  radiat¬ 
ing  light  of  all  those  mansions.  He  is  in  the 
breathing  ozone  of  all.  He  is  the  way,  the  truth, 
the  life  of  all.  In  Him  all  those  mansions  are 
eternal  homes  for  all  who  breathe  the  life  eternal. 
By  Him  all  things  consist  on  earth  and  in  heaven. 
All  things  were  created  by  Him  that  are  in  heaven 
and  that  are  in  earth,  whether  they  be  thrones  or 
dominions  or  principalities  or  powers,  and  by  Him 
all  things  consist.  In  Him  and  by  Him  and  through 
Him  the  kingdoms  of  this  world,  mineral  and  vege¬ 
table,  and  animal  and  human,  become  the  kingdom 
of  heaven.  Seek  first  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  He 
saith  to  His  school. 

And  what  are  the  means  through  which  Christ 
gives  power  for  so  great  a  consummation?  It  is 
His  own  word.  He  spake  and  it  was  done.  He 
commanded  and  it  stood  fast.  He  said,  Let  there 
be  light,  and  there  was  light.  At  His  word  the 
waters  were  gathered  together,  the  dry  land  ap¬ 
peared,  the  seeds  of  lives  grew,  the  moving  creatures 
moved  in  the  seas  and  on  land,  and  man  breathed  and 
looked  up  to  his  Maker  in  loving  communion.  Every 


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thing  was  very  good.  Such  was  the  result  of  the 
creative  Word  that  had  the  breathing  and  life- 
giving  power  of  the  Almighty  in  it.  By  the  Word 
of  the  Lord  were  the  heavens  made  and  all  the 
host  of  them  by  the  breath  of  His  mouth. 

He  who  created,  placed,  and  related  all  things 
by  His  Word  can  govern  all  things  by  His  Word. 
His  Word,  like  himself,  is  the  same  in  thought  and 
love  and  power  eternally.  His  Word  endureth  for¬ 
ever. 

What  is  His  Word?  It  is  His  own  expression  of 
himself  in  thought  and  love  and  purpose.  It  is 
more  than  this.  The  mineral  kingdom,  with  all 
its  elements  in  earth  and  water  and  air,  is  this. 
The  vegetable  kingdom,  with  all  its  seeds  and 
flowers  and  fruits,  is  this.  The  animal  kingdom, 
with  all  its  moving  creatures  in  sea,  on  land,  and 
in  air,  is  this.  What  more?  It  is  more  than  a 
voice.  It  is  more  than  voice  power.  It  articulates 
voice  power.  And  yet  more  than  this.  It  is  let¬ 
tered  voice  power  articulated.  It  is  God  power 
voiced  and  articulated  and  lettered.  Its  power  is 
creative,  governmental,  regulative,  reformatory,  re¬ 
generative,  sanctifying,  glorifying,  God  in  language. 

Then  how  about  the  word  of  man?  What  is  its 
power?  Its  power  is  human.  As  the  heavens  are 
higher  than  the  earth  and  God’s  ways  higher  than 


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man’s  ways,  so  is  God’s  Word  higher  and  mightier 
than  man’s  word.  Man  may  talk  like  God,  for 
God  made  man  to  talk  to  Him,  but  man’s  word 
is  man’s  articulated  and  lettered  expression  of  him¬ 
self,  while  God’s  Word  is  the  articulated  and  let¬ 
tered  expression  of  Himself.  Man  is  finite.  God 
is  infinite.  Man  is  dim  in  vision,  God  sees  all 
things.  Man  knows  few  things,  God  knows  all 
things.  Man  is  weak  in  power,  God  is  Almighty. 
Man  has  the  limitations  of  a  creature,  God  is  the 
Creator  of  all  things  and  gives  to  every  thing  its 
place  and  relations.  He  is  spirit  and  is  potentially 
present  every  where  beholding  the  evil  and  the  good, 
working  out  the  destiny  of  all  according  to  His 
creative  and  governing  Word.  He  is  God  over 
all,  blessed  forevermore.  Heaven  and  earth  may 
pass  away,  but  His  Word  shall  not  pass  away.  And 
to  give  this  word  to  all  nations  is  the  supreme  work 
of  the  School. 


CHAPTER  XXI 


THE  SCHOOLS  AND  THE  WORD  OF  MAN 

Why  so  many  languages?  Whose  words  are 
they?  Why  does  man’s  word  stress  nature? 

IT  has  been  estimated  that  there  are  twenty-four 
hundred  varieties  of  the  word  of  man,  that  is, 
articulated  voicings  and  lettered  and  dotted  records 
of  the  thought  and  feelings  and  purpose  of  man. 
Of  all  the  creatures  of  God  he  only  has  such  a 
history.  He  talks,  writes,  engraves,  scores,  chisels, 
his  thought  and  ideas,  so  making  and  recording  his¬ 
tory.  Only  he  of  all  creatures  makes  literature. 
He  puts  his  life  into  letters.  His  vocal  organs 
articulate.  His  hand  records.  His  eye  scans  and 
notes,  discriminates.  His  spirit  is  the  candle  of 
the  Lord.  God  is  light  and  shines  upon  his  spirit. 
The  Spirit  of  God  breathes  upon  his  spirit.  The 
power  of  the  Highest  is  focalized  upon  him.  All 
creature  elements  are  concentered  in  man.  All 
speak  in  and  through  him.  God  is  the  adequate 
cause  of  such  speech  and  such  records  of  soul, 
powers  and  capacities.  Ultimately,  all  man’s 
powers,  organs,  faculties,  are  God’s  for  fellowship 
with  His  creatures.  The  efficient  cause  in  all  this 
is  God.  Man  is  God’s  agent,  his  organs  are  God’s 

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instruments  for  voicings  and  recordings  of  thought 
and  feeling,  and  will  and  words  and  deeds. 

The  spirit  of  man  is  like  unto  a  prism  refracting 
the  light  of  God,  the  thought  and  the  love  and  the 
will  of  God.  Those  refractions  are  many  times 
seven  fold  as  the  pure  thought  of  God  passes 
through  the  prism  of  the  spirit  of  man.  Twenty- 
four  hundred  languages  and  dialects,  and  more  than 
seventy  times  seven  thousand  colorings  of  thought 
result.  And  these  results  are  of  God,  but  graciously 
credited  to  man.  The  creative  thought  power,  the 
light,  is  God’s,  but  as  it  passes  through  the  personal 
spirit  of  man,  God  says,  Let  your  light  so  shine 
before  men  that  they  may  see  your  good  works 
and  glorify  your  Father  who  is  in  heaven. 

In  the  midst  of  these  refractions  of  truth  and 
of  their  blendings  and  inter-blendings  so  varied  in 
language  and  shadings  of  thought,  some  men  become 
confused,  vague,  uncertain,  doubtful,  and  in  course 
of  time,  and  from  habit  of  thought,  become  self- 
centered,  agnostic,  atheistic.  He  loses  divine 
anchorage,  floats  out  to  sea,  heavy  fogs  envelop,  then 
high  waves  roll,  and  he  is  tossed  high  and  let  down 
low,  seeing  and  feeling  only  the  waves.  Neither 
sun  nor  moon  nor  stars  give  him  light.  Looking 
at  things  which  appear  to  the  five  senses,  noting 
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and  deeds,  he  may  conclude  that  soul  is  an  effect  of 
material  conditions  and  relations.  Or  if  there  are 
forces  behind  the  material  phenomena,  he  may  con¬ 
clude  that  there  are  gods  many,  and  he  spells  out 
polytheism.  For  it  is  a  fact  of  history  and  of  con¬ 
sciousness  that  man  cannot  get  away  from  God  and 
be  at  rest.  The  breath  of  God  is  in  him,  the  Spirit 
of  God  strives  with  him,  the  eye  of  God  is  upon 
him,  the  finger  of  God  touches  him,  and  his  best 
and  worst  thought  cries  out  for  God  in  filial  love 
or  in  mad  hate  most  profanely. 

Looking  at  the  language  of  man,  in  the  schools 
it  is  the  wonder  of  the  world,  for  its  manifestations 
and  variations.  It  describes,  classifies,  and  relates 
earth,  sea,  air,  and  the  stars  of  heaven.  It  tells  of 
mineral,  vegetable,  animal,  and  human  kingdoms. 
It  tells  the  chemical  analysis  of  nearly  every  element 
in  every  one  of  the  kingdoms.  The  rock,  the  drop 
of  water,  the  air,  are  analyzed  and  every  element 
named.  The  plant  is  dissected,  each  part  analyzed, 
classified,  and  named.  The  animal  is  caught,  dis¬ 
sected,  chemically  analyzed,  classified,  and  all  and 
every  part  and  every  element  named.  And  man 
tells  about  himself  in  anthropology,  physiology, 
anatomy,  hemorology,  neurology,  and  psychology. 
The  proper  study  of  mankind  is  himself  and  the 
world  in  which  he  lives.  And  his  word  tells  in 


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books  without  number  what  he  has  thought  and 
felt  and  wrought  in  the  wonderful  world  in  which 
he  lives,  makes  exploits,  subdues,  and  has  dominion. 

Another  wonder  is  that  man’s  word  in  the  schools 
attributes  all  the  forces  and  their  processes  and  re¬ 
sults,  in  all  the  kingdoms  of  this  wonderful  world 
in  which  man  lives,  to  Nature.  Nature  does  this 
and  that,  thus  and  so,  in  the  books  of  mans  word. 
Is  it  a  study  of  the  mineral  kingdom?  Nature 
forms  the  angles  of  the  crystal  and  globes  the  drop 
of  water  and  combines  elements.  Is  it  a  study  of 
the  vegetable  kingdom?  Nature  is  instinct  with 
life  and  forms  leaf  and  flower  and  fruit.  Is  it  a 
study  of  the  animal  kingdom?  Nature  makes  the 
animal  do  this  and  that  and  go  here  and  there  and 
move  in  such  a  manner.  Is  it  a  study  of  man? 
His  body  is  analyzed,  his  instincts  are  noted,  his 
mental  habits  stressed,  and  all  are  attributed  to 
Nature.  What  is  this  wonderful  thing  called 
Nature?  Write  it  with  a  capital.  In  the  schools 
of  man’s  word  it  has  power,  determines  all  proc¬ 
esses,  regulates  movements,  makes  adjustments,  re¬ 
lates  forms  and  forces,  determines  destinies.  Is 
Nature  the  god  of  the  schools  of  man’s  word?  Is 
Nature  adequate  cause  for  the  school,  for  its 
teacher  and  his  word  ?  Is  an  impersonal  thing  ade¬ 
quate  cause  for  personality  ?  Then  why  so  teach  ? 


CHAPTER  XXII 


THE  SCHOOL  AND  THE  WORD  OF  GOD 

What  is  the  goal  of  the  school?  How  attain 
that  goal? 

WHEN  man  utters  his  own  thought  and  feeling 
and  purpose  in  words,  that  utterance  is  the 
word  of  man.  When  man  utters  the  thought  and 
feeling  and  purpose  of  God  that  utterance  is  the 
Word  of  God.  In  form  and  phrase  it  may  be 
human,  angelic,  or  even  Satanic,  but  in  intent  and 
content  it  is  divine.  The  purpose  of  God  in  con¬ 
tent  and  organ  for  utterance  makes  the  utterance 
the  Word  of  God.  The  intent  of  God  by  His 
Spirit,  dominating  all  the  contents  of  the  Bible, 
makes  the  Bible  the  Word  of  God.  And  Jesus 
the  Christ,  being  the  concentering  of  all  those  con¬ 
tents,  He  is  the  Word  of  the  Word  of  God.  As 
all  other  persons,  be  they  angels,  men,  or  devils, 
are  subject  to  Christ,  so  the  word  of  all  these  is 
subject  to  the  Word  of  God.  God  in  Christ  is 
God  over  all  blessed  forevermore. 

In  the  beginning  God.  In  the  beginning  God 
created  the  heavens  and  the  earth.  By  the  Word 
of  the  Lord  were  the  heavens  made  and  all  the  host 
of  them  by  the  breath  of  His  mouth.  He  spake 

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and  it  was  done.  He  commanded  and  it  stood  fast. 
Suns  and  planets  keep  their  places.  The  laws  of 
gravity,  of  chemical  affinity,  of  cohesion,  of  inor¬ 
ganic  and  of  organic  bodies,  of  light  and  life, 
are  the  same  from  the  beginning.  Like  God  him¬ 
self  they  change  not.  Yea,  He  spake  and  it  was 
done.  He  commanded  and  it  stood  fast.  And  it 
stands  forever. 

In  the  beginning  was  the  Word,  and  the  Word 
was  with  God,  and  the  Word  was  God.  All 
things  were  made  by  Him,  and  without  Him  was 
nothing  made.  In  Him  was  life,  and  the  life  was 
the  light  of  men,  saith  St.  John  in  the  first  chapter 
of  his  Gospel  word. 

In  whom  we  have  redemption  through  His  blood, 
even  the  forgiveness  of  sin,  who  is  the  image  of 
the  invisible  God,  the  first-born  of  every  creature, 
for  by  Him  were  all  things  created,  that  are  in 
heaven,  and  that  are  in  earth,  visible  and  invisible, 
whether  they  be  thrones,  or  dominions,  or  princi¬ 
palities,  or  powers,  all  things  were  created  by  Him 
and  for  Him.  And  He  is  before  all  things,  and 
by  Him  all  things  consist.  And  He  is  the  head 
of  the  body,  the  Church,  who  is  the  beginning,  the 
first-born  from  the  dead,  that  in  all  things  He  might 
have  the  preeminence,  saith  St.  Paul  in  the  first 
chapter  of  his  letter  to  the  Colossians. 


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In  the  Word  of  God  Christ  is  supreme.  The 
law  of  the  subordination  of  the  lower  to  the  higher 
has  its  culmination  and  crown  in  Christ.  The 
mineral  kingdom  is  subordinate  to  the  vegetable, 
these  are  subordinate  to  the  animal  kingdom,  and 
these  three  are  subordinate  to  man  and  to  Christ. 
He  is  Lord  of  lords  and  King  of  kings,  that  in  all 
things  and  over  all  creation  He  might  have  the 
preeminence. 

According  to  the  Word  of  God  Christ  is  the 
center  of  all  for  humanity.  Moses  and  the  Prophets 
spake  and  wrote  of  Him.  Apostles  and  Evangelists 
spake  and  wrote  of  Him.  The  Holy  Spirit  so 
moved  and  guided  them  to  speak  and  write  of  Him. 
Holy  men  of  God  spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the 
Holy  Ghost.  All  Scripture  given  by  inspiration  of 
God  (God-breathed)  is  profitable  for  doctrine,  for 
reproof,  for  correction,  for  instruction  in  righteous¬ 
ness,  that  the  man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  thor¬ 
oughly  furnished  unto  all  good  works.  And  this 
perfection  and  equipment  center  in  Christ  as  their 
goal.  He  is  the  Way,  the  Truth,  the  Life.  In 
Him  dwelt  all  the  fulness  of  the  Godhead  bodily. 
No  other  name  is  given  under  heaven  among  men 
whereby  we  can  be  saved  from  sin.  He  is  the 
righteous  One.  He  is  the  image  of  the  invisible 
God.  He  is  God  manifest  in  the  flesh.  The  burden 


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of  the  Word  of  God  centering  in  Christ  is,  Look 
unto  Me  and  be  saved,  all  ye  ends  of  the  earth. 

And  Christ  is  the  center  of  Creation.  By  or 
through  Him  were  all  things  made,  and  without 
Him  was  nothing  made  that  was  made.  Every¬ 
thing  in  the  mineral  kingdom,  as  to  its  nature,  form 
and  laws  governing  it,  is  an  expression  of  His 
thought  and  love  and  purpose.  He  is  the  Pearl 
of  great  price.  He  is  the  Water  of  life.  He  is  the 
Star  of  hope.  He  is  the  Sun  of  righteousness. 

Everything  in  the  vegetable  kingdom  receives  its 
life  and  law,  its  form  and  beauty  from  Him.  He 
is  the  seed  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  He  is  the 
Rose  of  Sharon  and  the  Lily  of  the  Valley.  He  is 
the  Balm  of  Gilead. 

The  animal  kingdom  has  its  living  forms,  its 
blood  and  organisms,  its  real  and  typical  mission 
through  Him.  He  is  the  Lamb  of  God  slain  from 
the  foundation  of  the  world.  The  dove  of  peace 
hovers  over  Him.  Under  His  reign  the  lion  and 
the  lamb  lie  down  together,  and  the  bear  and  the 
fatling  feed  together.  The  little  child  shall  receive 
no  hurt  from  the  serpent. 

In  the  human  kingdom  His  voice  is  heard,  His 
Word  is  life,  His  law  is  love.  In  Him  God  shows 
His  milder  face.  In  Him  God  becomes  flesh,  and 
speaks  as  never  man  spake.  In  Him  breathes  the 


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life  and  love  of  God.  In  Him  righteousness  and 
peace  kiss  each  other.  In  Him  the  law  of  creative 
love  is  exemplified.  In  Him  God  and  man  are  one 
in  spirit,  love,  life.  Under  His  reign  men  learn 
war  no  more.  Nations  beat  their  swords  into 
plowshares  and  their  spears  into  pruning  hooks  and 
dwell  in  peace  and  good  will.  For  unto  us  a  child 
is  born,  unto  us  a  son  is  given,  and  his  name  shall 
be  called  Wonderful,  Counselor,  the  Mighty  God, 
the  Everlasting  Father,  the  Prince  of  peace,  and 
of  his  government  and  peace  there  shall  be  no  end 
upon  the  throne  of  David  and  upon  his  kingdom, 
to  order  it  and  to  establish  it  with  judgment  and 
with  justice  from  hence  forth  even  forever.  The 
zeal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  will  perform  this. 


CHAPTER  XXIII 


TWO  VISIONS - THE  SOMATIC  AND  THE  PSYCHIC 

What  is  the  somatic  vision  ?  What  is  the  psychic 
vision?  Are  they  sufficient? 

THERE  are  three  view  points  in  human  life. 

The  first  view  point  is  that  of  the  body,  and 
it  is  called  the  somatic  view  point.  It  might  be 
called  the  view  point  of  the  five  senses,  but  as  more 
than  eighty  percent  of  our  knowledge  is  acquired 
through  the  eye,  we  name  this  the  somatic  view 
point,  or  the  somatic  vision. 

In  this  vision  we  see  all  material  phenomena. 
Here  we  survey  the  whole  mineral  kingdom,  all 
the  vegetable  kingdom,  all  the  animal  kingdom, 
and  all  the  human  kingdom  in  the  earthly  body. 
All  natural  phenomena  of  material  form  come  into 
view  here.  Here  our  learning  begins  and  our  vision 
enlarges  as  we  progress  in  learning.  Here  is  the 
field  of  all  our  material  sciences,  from  geology  to 
astronomy.  Here  we  discover  the  laws  of  gravity, 
of  chemical  affinity,  of  cohesion,  the  law  of  cause 
and  effect,  the  forces  centripetal  and  centrifugal. 
Here  the  mathematical  sciences  are  formulated  and 
mathematical  numbers  make  their  array.  Here 

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light  and  darkness  blend  and  interblend  and  show 
us  pictures  in  earth  and  sky.  Here  life  unfolds  and 
weaves  forms  and  paints  colors  and  gives  visions 
of  beauty  and  of  glory.  A  wonderful  world  is 
here  seen  and  wonderful  man  sees  wonderful  things 
and  makes  wonderful  portrayals  of  his  visions  won¬ 
derful.  He  talks  about  them,  writes  about  them, 
and  engraves  them.  No  other  creature  has  such 
a  vision,  though  many  others  have  eyes  as  beautiful 
to  natural  vision.  But  they  do  not  tell  it  nor  do 
they  write  it  for  our  learning.  Only  man,  wonder¬ 
ful  man,  has  this  wonderful  somatic  vision  and 
can  make  so  much  of  it.  Why  this?  There  is 
an  adequate  cause  for  this.  What  is  that  cause? 
It  is  soul  power.  This  power  holds  thought, 
trembles  with  feeling,  chooses  and  fixes  purpose  and 
works  wonders.  This  seeing  of  thoughts,  of  feel¬ 
ings,  of  choices,  and  plans,  and  achievements,  we 
call  psychic  vision.  It  might  be  called  metaphysical 
vision.  Here  appear  philosophical  systems.  Here 
is  traced  the  philosophy  of  history.  Here  are  dis¬ 
covered  causes  back  of  material  phenomena.  Here 
is  the  field  where  intellect  is  seen  to  be  mighty  and 
bold,  making  exploit,  classifying  discernments,  relat¬ 
ing  concepts,  deducing  conclusions,  warming  in 
interest,  burning  with  fervor,  choosing  with  deter¬ 
mination.  Here  theories  are  conceived  before  they 


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are  born  for  somatic  vision.  Here  systems  are 
formulated  before  they  are  wrought  out  in  objec¬ 
tive  demonstration.  Here  battles  are  fought  before 
men  are  clad  in  material  armor  for  somatic  vision. 
Psychic  vision  is  the  major  general  of  the  hosts 
of  the  somatic  vision.  Here  material  phenomena 
are  mustered  and  martialed  for  higher  utilities. 
Here  higher  ideals  are  seen.  Here  moral  qualities 
appear.  Here  world  ideals  loom  into  view.  Here 
national  ideals  become  international.  Here  selfish 
love  becomes  neighborly.  Here  altruism  buds  and 
philanthropy  begins  to  blossom.  Here  Jew  and 
gentile,  Greek  and  barbarian,  and  men  out  of  every 
nation  under  the  sun,  whether  they  be  white,  yellow, 
red,  or  black,  discover  interests  in  common.  The 
rainbow  encircles  all  with  its  beauty.  The  earth 
feeds  all  with  its  bounty.  The  fountains  quench 
the  thirst  of  all  with  their  waters.  The  rivers 
wash  the  hands  of  all.  The  sun  shines  for  all. 
The  rains  fall  for  all.  All  have  visions  of  the  true 
and  the  beautiful  and  the  good.  Nature  is  seen 
to  touch  all  much  alike  as  if  all  were  kin.  All  have 
kindred  thoughts  expressed  in  words  and  deeds  and 
feelings  that  call  forth  kindred  sympathies.  One 
touch  of  nature  and  a  breathing  deeper  than 
natural  eye  can  see,  call  for  a  smile  and  mutual 
recognition.  A  deeper  touch  than  that  seen  by  the 


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eye  somatic,  or  seen  by  the  mind  most  brilliant,  is 
felt.  The  touch  of  a  hand  unseen,  a  breathing 
of  a  power  deeper  than  air,  the  yearning  of  a  life 
deeper  than  the  beating  of  the  heart,  is  felt.  The 
spirit  of  man  seeks  light.  Why?  Because  there 
is  a  light  given.  Scintillations  of  Him  are  seen 
by  the  soul.  Shadowings  and  symbols  of  Him  have 
been  seen  by  the  eye  of  the  body.  As  the  hart 
panteth  after  the  water  brooks,  so  panteth  my  soul 
after  Thee,  O  God.  But  no  man  by  searching  can 
find  out  God.  The  somatic  life  cannot  see  Him. 
The  psychic  eye  cannot  find  Him.  Then  how 
can  the  heart  rest  in  Him?  Behold,  behold,  He 
comes  to  the  heart  by  His  Spirit.  God  is  Spirit. 
And  the  spirit  of  man  is  the  candle  of  the  Lord. 
Between  these  spirits  is  the  creative  and  living  and 
blessed  affinity.  Eureka!  eureka!  I  have  found  it! 
I  have  found  it!  God  who  is  Spirit  hath  come  to 
me.  And  God  is  light. 

And  here  is  the  vision  of  His  coming.  It  is  the 
Pneumatic  Vision.  P"or  what  man  knoweth  the 
things  of  a  man  save  the  spirit  of  man  which  is  in 
him  ?  Even  so  the  things  of  God  knoweth  no  man, 
but  the  Spirit  of  God.  And  we  have  received,  not 
the  spirit  of  the  world,  but  the  spirit  which  is  of 
God,  that  we  might  have  the  things  freely  given 
to  us  of  God.  Which  things  also  we  speak,  not 


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in  the  word  which  man’s  wisdom  teacheth,  but 
which  the  Holy  Ghost  teacheth,  comparing  spiritual 
things  with  spiritual.  But  the  natural  man  re- 
ceiveth  not  the  things  of  the  Spirit  of  God,  for 
they  are  foolishness  unto  him,  neither  can  he  know 
them,  because  they  are  spiritually  discerned.  But 
he  that  is  spiritual  judgeth  all  things.  I  Cor.  2. 
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CHAPTER  XXIV 


THE  PNEUMATIC  VISION 

What  is  the  pneumatic  vision?  What  is  the 
relation  of  the  Spirit  to  the  creative  and  redemptive 
process?  Who  is  the  central  historic  personage? 

IN  the  beginning  God  created  the  heavens  and  the 
earth.  And  the  earth  was  without  form  and 
void  and  darkness  was  upon  the  face  of  the  deep. 
And  the  Spirit  of  God  moved  upon  the  face  of  the 
waters.  Genesis  i.  I,  2. 

Note  the  words  earth  without  form,  and  void 
and  darkness.  Note  also  that  the  Spirit  of  God 
moved  upon  the  face  of  the  waters.  Before  the 
Spirit  came  there  was  darkness,  there  was  voidness, 
chaos.  After  the  Spirit  came  light  appeared,  order 
prevailed,  life  became  manifest,  human  life  crown¬ 
ing  all.  Such  is  the  view  point  of  the  Spirit  of  God 
in  the  creative  process.  This  is  the  Pneumatic  vision 
of  the  creation. 

The  Spirit  of  God  moved  upon  the  face  of  the 
waters,  brooded  over  the  waters.  The  Spirit  came 
into  the  earth  and  had  to  do  with  elements  material. 
Then  the  Spirit  strove  with  man  (Genesis  6.  3), 
moved  and  guided  Prophets  so  that  they  heard  and 

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saw  the  Word  of  God,  had  vision  of  God  and  of 
men,  especially  of  Israel.  Prophecy  came  not  at  any 
time  by  the  will  of  man,  but  holy  men  of  God 
spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the  Holy  Spirit. 
Moved  and  guided  by  the  Spirit  a  Prophet  said  a 
virgin  shall  conceive  and  bear  a  son,  and  his  name 
shall  be  called  Emmanuel,  God  with  us.  And 
Jesus  the  Christ  was  conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghost 
and  born  of  the  Virgin  Mary.  And  Jesus  grew  in 
wisdom  and  in  stature  and  in  favor  with  God  and 
man.  The  Spirit  abode  upon  Him.  He  fulfilled 
all  righteousness.  He  spake  as  never  man  spake. 
He  finished  the  work  the  Father  gave  Him  to  do. 
He  gave  his  life  a  ransom  for  many.  He  rose  from 
the  dead  for  our  justification.  He  ascended  into 
heaven  for  our  glorification.  The  Spirit  came  ac¬ 
cording  to  His  Word  of  promise  and  according  to 
prophecy.  The  Spirit  moved  and  guided  men  to 
speak  in  languages  envisaging  Christ.  To  move 
and  guide  believing  and  obedient  men  and  to  so  en¬ 
visage  Christ  in  the  language  of  men,  even  all  the 
languages  of  all  nations,  is  the  Spirit’s  indwelling 
work.  When  He  came  in  pentecostal  power  He 
came  to  abide  with  the  Church  of  the  living  God, 
the  pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth,  for  this  very 
purpose.  He  guides  into  all  truth.  He  glorifies 
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the  radiating  center  of  all  creative  and  redemptive 
truth.  And  to  so  envisage  Christ  in  language  spoken 
and  written  is  the  work  of  the  abiding  presence  of 
the  Spirit  in  the  Church.  Of  more  than  twenty- 
four  hundred  languages  and  dialects  Christ  is  now 
envisaged  in  more  than  five  hundred.  To  make 
Christ  heard  in  the  voices  of  men,  to  cause  Christ 
to  be  seen  in  the  languages  of  men,  and  so  to  work 
faith  in  men  and  bring  them  into  fellowship  with 
the  Father  and  with  his  Son  Jesus  Christ  and  with 
one  another,  that  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ  may 
cleanse  them  from  all  sin,  is  the  consummate  work 
of  the  Spirit.  Christ,  the  historic  Christ,  is  the 
objective  center  of  all  the  Spirit’s  work.  Christ, 
the  historic  Christ,  is  the  center  of  the  voice  of 
Heaven  saying,  Hear  ye  Him,  and  the  Church  is 
the  divinely  appointed  agency  to  give  the  Word, 
the  Christ  envisaging  Word,  to  all  nations.  Such 
is  the  vision  given  us  by  the  Spirit  of  God. 

The  illumination  from  within  is  of  the  Spirit. 
The  revelation  from  without  is  of  Christ.  The 
light  within  is  the  Spirit’s  shining.  The  light 
without  is  Christ’s  shining.  Christ  is  God’s  reveal- 
ment  unto  us.  The  light  is  God’s  illumination 
within  us.  The  Spirit  within  helps  our  infirmities. 
Christ  without  removes  obstructions  and  shows  us 
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is  the  way  of  the  Spirit  of  God.  By  the  Spirit 
Christ  was  conceived  and  became  the  son  of  man. 
By  the  Spirit  the  Word  became  flesh.  By  the 
Spirit  holy  men  beheld  the  glory  of  God  in  the 
face  of  Jesus  Christ.  By  the  Spirit  we  behold  the 
glory  of  Christ  as  the  glory  of  the  only  begotten 
of  the  Father,  full  of  grace  and  truth.  By  the 
Spirit  we  have  the  record  of  what  the  Prophets, 
Apostles,  and  Evangelists  said  concerning  Christ. 
By  the  Spirit  we  see  Christ  the  center  of  this 
record.  By  the  Spirit  this  record  has  been  pre¬ 
served  for  our  learning  and  comfort.  By  the  Spirit 
we  are  quickened  and  illuminated  so  we  can  see 
the  thought  and  love  and  purpose  of  God  in  and 
through  the  record. 

Visions  of  the  presence  of  God  in  His  Word  and 
in  His  Works  are  the  results  of  the  Spirit’s  pres¬ 
ence  and  help.  Through  the  Word  recorded  the 
Spirit  shows  us  visions  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven, 
the  Kingdom  of  righteousness,  and  peace  and  of 
joy.  And  by  the  help  of  the  Spirit,  all  the  beauties 
of  our  somatic  vision,  all  the  glories  of  our  psychic 
vision,  are  refractions  and  glintings  and  glimmerings 
of  the  beauty  and  glory  yet  to  be  revealed.  By 
the  Spirit  through  the  Word  Christ  is  formed  in 
us  the  hope  of  glory.  By  the  Spirit  through  the 
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partakers  of  the  divine  nature  and  receive  visions 
of  the  new  heavens  and  the  new  earth  full  of  the 
glory  of  God.  And  by  the  Spirit  we  hear  echoes 
of  the  voice  saying,  Behold  I  make  all  things  new. 
And  I,  John,  saw  the  Holy  City,  the  New  Jeru¬ 
salem,  coming  down  from  God  out  of  heaven,  pre¬ 
pared  as  a  bride  adorned  for  her  husband.  And 
I  heard  a  great  voice  out  of  heaven  saying,  Behold, 
the  Tabernacle  of  God  is  with  men,  and  He  will 
dwell  with  them,  and  they  shall  be  His  people, 
and  God  himself  shall  be  with  them,  and  be  their 
God.  And  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from 
their  eyes,  and  there  shall  be  no  more  death,  neither 
sorrow  nor  crying,  neither  shall  there  be  any  more 
pain.  For  the  former  things  are  passed  away. 
Revelation  21.  1-4. 

Glory  be  to  the  Father,  and  to  the  Son,  and  to 
the  Holy  Ghost,  as  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is 
now,  and  ever  shall  be,  world  without  end.  Amen 
and  Amen. 


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RESTITUTIONAL  EDUCATION 

OD  is  light.  He  said,  Let  there  be  light,  and 
there  was  light.  God,  who  commanded  light 
to  shine  out  of  darkness,  hath  shined  in  our  hearts, 
to  give  the  light  of  the  knowledge  of  the  glory  of 
God  in  the  face  of  Jesus  Christ.  And  we  beheld 
His  glory,  the  glory  as  of  the  only  begotten  of  the 
Father,  full  of  grace  and  truth.  And  beholding 
the  glory  of  the  Lord  in  the  face  of  Jesus  Christ, 
we  are  changed  into  the  same  image,  from  glory 
to  glory,  even  as  by  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord. 

God  is  Spirit.  He  is  the  Father  of  our  spirits. 
As  a  father  pitieth  his  children,  so  Jehovah  pitieth 
them  that  fear  Him.  Our  Father  who  art  in 
heaven,  hallowed  be  Thy  name.  Thy  Kingdom 
come,  Thy  will  be  done  in  earth  as  it  is  done  in 
heaven,  spontaneously,  universally,  joyously. 

God  is  love.  His  name  is  love  because  His 
nature  is  love.  He  is  the  same  yesterday,  to-day, 
and  forever.  He  is  without  variableness  or  shadow 
of  turning.  His  years  have  no  end.  Before  the 
mountains  were  brought  forth,  or  ever  thou  hadst 
formed  the  earth  and  the  world,  even  from  ever- 

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lasting  to  everlasting,  thou  art  God.  Trust  ye  in 
the  Lord  forever,  for  in  the  Lord  JEHOVAH  is 
everlasting  strength.  Thou  wilt  keep  him  in  per¬ 
fect  peace  whose  mind  is  stayed  on  Thee,  because 
he  trusteth  in  Thee. 

God  who  is  light,  who  is  Spirit,  who  is  love,  and 
love  forever,  is  the  Creator  of  heaven  and  earth. 
In  the  beginning  God  created  the  heaven  and  the 
earth.  The  earth  was  the  creature  of  love.  Every 
element  of  the  earth,  every  law  governing  these 
elements,  was  love.  Love  pervaded  all,  related  all, 
governed  all,  worked  in  and  through  all  and  over 
all.  God  is  love. 

The  record  verdict  in  the  Word  that  abideth 
forever  is  that  all  was  very  good.  Man  was  up¬ 
right.  Man’s  body  was  beautiful,  sound,  strong, 
for  subduing  the  earth.  His  soul  was  the  breath 
of  God.  His  spirit  was  the  candle  of  Jehovah.  He 
was  holy,  and  could  talk  in  love  with  His  Creator. 
Nature  around  him  was  beautiful  and  fruitful. 
Nothing  destroyed  in  all  the  earth.  The  smile  of 
God  was  upon  all.  The  peace  of  God  breathed 
upon  all.  Righteousness  possessed  all.  Joy  filled 
all.  To  heaven’s  voice  of  “Very  good”  Earth 
responded  Amen . 

How  can  man  become  upright  once  more  ?  How 
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Earth  be  made  to  so  reflect  the  smile  of  God  again  ? 
How  can  the  very-good  of  God  become  again  the 
joy  of  the  whole  earth?  Here  is  Gods  own  an¬ 
swer  by  His  Spirit  through  His  great  Apostle.  And 
He  shall  send  Jesus  Christ  which  before  was 
preached  unto  you,  whom  the  heaven  must  receive 
until  the  times  of  restitution  of  all  things,  which 
God  hath  spoken  by  the  mouth  of  all  His  holy 
Prophets  since  the  world  began.  Acts  3.  20,  21. 

The  way  for  man  and  the  whole  earth  to  realize 
their  pristine  glory  is  in  and  through  Jesus  the 
Christ.  In  Him  the  word  of  promise  can  be  ful¬ 
filled.  In  Him  the  word  of  prophecy  can  be  real¬ 
ized.  In  Plim  the  kingdom  of  heaven  can  be  re¬ 
established  on  earth.  In  Him  man  can  become 
upright  again.  In  Him  the  Truth,  though  crushed 
to  the  earth,  will  rise  again.  In  Him  the  divine 
nature  glorifies  the  human  nature.  To  receive 
Christ  is  to  receive  more  than  the  thought  and  love 
of  God.  It  is  to  receive  the  divine  nature  through 
the  glorified  humanity  of  our  Lord.  It  is  to  receive 
the  Spirit  of  God  through  the  glorified  humanity 
filled  with  all  the  fulness  of  God.  For  in  Christ 
center  the  teachings  of  all  the  Prophets  from  the 
beginning  of  the  world.  In  Him  center  all  the 
promises  of  God  since  that  sad  evening  in  Eden. 
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world.  In  Him  perfect  righteousness  is  offered. 
In  Him  all  power  in  heaven  and  earth  is  available 
for  man’s  salvation.  He  is  the  Word  of  God  by 
whom  the  heaven  and  the  earth  were  made.  He  is 
the  Way,  the  Truth,  the  Life,  even  the  life  eternal. 
And  this  is  life  eternal,  to  know  the  true  God,  and 
Jesus  Christ  whom  He  hath  sent. 

And  to  give  this  knowledge,  and  to  foster  this 
faith  is  the  mission  of  the  Church  of  the  living 
God,  the  pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth.  To  her 
the  oracles  of  God  were  given.  To  her  the  Spirit 
of  God  was  given  to  abide  forever,  and  to  guide  into 
all  truth.  Yes,  all  truth,  of  which  Christ  is  the 
center.  Commissioned  and  commanded  by  Christ 
to  teach  all  nations,  the  Church  is  God’s  School 
Master  to  bring  the  world  to  Christ.  Having  re¬ 
ceived  the  Holy  Ghost  she  has  been  endued  with 
power  from  on  high  to  give  the  Word  of  God  to 
all  nations.  Upon  her  is  the  divine  behest.  To 
her  God  gave  His  Word  for  the  world. 

And  there  are  three  ways  for  her  to  do  this. 
First,  by  preaching  the  Word.  And  as  ye  go, 
preach,  said  Jesus.  Preach  the  Word,  saith  the 
Holy  Spirit,  through  St.  Paul. 

Secondly,  by  teaching.  Go,  teach  all  nations, 
said  Jesus.  Teach  them  all  things  whatsoever  I 
have  commanded  you.  He  commanded  to  baptize. 


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He  commanded  His  disciples  to  eat  the  bread  He 
gave  them,  and  to  drink  of  the  cup  He  gave  them. 
If  ye  love  me,  keep  my  commandments,  He  said. 
As  my  Father  hath  sent  me,  even  so  send  I  you, 
He  said.  To  teach  all  things  Christ  commanded 
is  the  repeated  command  of  the  Lord  to  His  Church 
against  which  the  gates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail. 

Thirdly,  whether  by  teaching  or  preaching  the 
chief  thing  is  the  giving  of  the  Word  of  God  to 
the  nations.  And  what  is  that  Word  of  God? 
That  word  of  man  which  envisages  Christ,  the  Son 
of  God  and  son  of  man,  so  the  nations  can  see 
Him  lifted  up.  Thus  to  show  Christ  to  every 
nation  that  all  eyes  may  see  Him  and  all  ears  hear 
Him,  is  the  supreme  work  of  the  Church.  Thus 
far  more  than  five  hundred  languages  envisage 
Christ.  There  are  twenty-four  hundred  languages 
and  dialects  spoken  by  all  nations.  When  will  all 
these  envisage  Christ  for  all  nations?  O  Church 
of  the  living  God,  the  end  is  not  yet.  Thou  art 
the  school  of  heaven  for  earth. 

The  seed  is  the  Word  of  God,  said  Jesus  in 
his  explanation  of  the  parable  of  the  sower.  The 
seed  takes  the  dead  earth  and  changes  it  into  forms 
of  life,  it  may  be  grass,  or  flower,  or  fruit.  Life 
transforms,  transfigures,  glorifies  the  dead  earth. 
The  Word  of  God  is  the  seed  of  life  for  man. 


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When  received  into  the  heart,  even  the  sinful  heart, 
it  will  regenerate,  renew,  after  the  image  of  God 
in  Jesus  Christ.  The  divine  agency  for  this  resti¬ 
tution  is  the  Church.  The  school  to  teach  these 
things  is  the  Church.  God’s  command  is  to  her. 
The  power  for  the  restitution  of  all  things  is  in 
the  Word  of  God.  The  word  of  man  has  only 
man  power.  The  Word  of  God  has  God  power. 
To  preach,  to  teach,  to  show  Christ  in  the  word, 
is  to  help  men  into  the  power  of  God  for  the 
restitution  of  all  things.  The  zeal  of  the  Lord 
of  hosts  will  perform  this.  Isaiah  9.  7. 


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AN  AFTER  WORD 

I  HAVE  written  words  of  The  Word.  Could 
mine  eyes  have  scanned  and  measured  the  words 
many  verbal  changes  would  probably  have  been 
made  and  the  thought  made  clearer  and  connections 
of  thoughts  more  logical.  Sometimes,  however,  the 
flow  of  soul  life  is  more  truly  logical  than  intel¬ 
lectual  forms  made  by  eye.  So  many  thoughts 
came  and  went  before  they  were  caught  and  caged, 
that  must  leave  pages  and  readers  less  rich  in  soul 
food.  But  if  the  Light  that  is  above  the  clouds 
and  that  shines  through  all  things  into  the  heart 
of  man,  be  seen  through  these  page-formed  words, 
help  will  be  given,  to  make  our  schools  brighter 
lights  along  the  pathway  of  the  coming  of  the 
King  of  glory. 


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